Intoxication checkpoints halved in Limerick as EU candidate calls for alcohol interlocks

Fianna Fรกil MEP for Ireland South Cynthia Nรญ Mhurchรบ

GARDA intoxication testing checkpoints were down 49 per cent in Limerick between 2022 and 2023.

Thatโ€™s according to EU elections candidate for Ireland South, Cynthia Nรญ Mhurchรบ, who described the figures as โ€œshockingโ€.

In light of the statistic, Ms Nรญ Mhurchรบ has called for the introduction of โ€˜alcohol interlocksโ€™, devices that temporarily prevent the ignition of vehicles belonging to repeat drink and drug driving offenders until they blow into a breathalyser test mounted in the vehicle.

โ€œAt a time when road deaths are out of control, it is really important that we see a Garda presence on our roads,โ€ she added.

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