Why we need more pubs in rural areas

IT’S been reported that 400 drivers are to be charged with drink-driving over the October bank holiday weekend.

This places an onerous demand on the gardaí, costs a fortune in public money and clogs up the courts.

This is only the tip of the iceberg. I think it is fair to say the majority of men in pubs or at social functions go by car and drink over the limit. The number of actual offences must be hundreds of times greater.