"A police force - like teachers, nurses - guards should always be non-political," Mr McGrath says. Mr McGrath says he has received complaints about gardai breathalysing parents picking up their children from school and on the way to Mass on Sunday mornings. Mr McGrath claims gardai are now specifically blaming Mr Ross for the new laws when they are stopping motorists at checkpoints. Mr McGrath says TDs from Fine Gael, Fianna Fail and Sinn Fein have told him they have heard reports of gardai blaming Mr Ross and the Government for roadside breathalyser tests. Mr McGrath also takes aim at Fine Gael ministers and TDs who he says are using Mr Ross as a "fall guy" for concerns raised by people living in rural Ireland.

Source: Irish Independent March 31, 2019 08:26 UTC