LATEST | Motorist held every 40 minutes in St Patrick’s weekend drink and drugs blitzThere have been seven more road deaths so far this year compared to this time last yearAlarm as road deaths soar by 20pc over 2025 as Gardaí confirm 2,550 speeding detections in just 72 hoursRalph Riegel Today at 06:30A motorist was arrested on average every 40 minutes for suspected drink- or drug-driving in the first 96 hours of An Garda Síochána’s road-safety crackdown for this year’s St Patrick’s weekend.

Source: Irish Independent March 16, 2026 17:01 UTC