Revealed: 27% more drug-driving offences in first nine months of 2025 than all of last year

New data reveals that 28,206 people have appeared in courts on drink- or drug-driving charges in five years

Data released to Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín shows that the number of people appearing in Irish courts for driving under the influence of drugs in the first nine months of 2025 had already far exceeded the figures for all of 2024. File picture: Jason Clarke

The number of people in court for driving under the influence of drugs in the first nine months of 2025 was 27% higher than the entirety of 2024.

Stark figures reveal that over the last five years, 28,206 people have appeared in courts for drink or drug-driving.