Bank holiday weekend sees 218 arrests for drink and drug-driving

Over a 24-hour period between Monday and Tuesday morning, 60 people arrested for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. File Picture: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin

More than 200 people were arrested for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and 40 were arrested for dangerous driving offenses over the bank holiday weekend.

Between 7am on Thursday, October 24, and 7am on Tuesday, October 29, gardaí conducted a major road policing operation, setting up Mandatory Intoxicant Testing (MIT) checkpoints and monitoring vehicle speeds on roads across the country.