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# Breath Test

All time
# drink driving laws
'Two pints was their only social outlet': Healy Rae says mass goers are being disrupted by Garda checkpoints
The Taoiseach said he would not apologise for an increase in Garda checkpoints around the country.
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Dec 4th 2018, 4:03 PM
# indiscretion
Jockey stood down after failing New Year's Day breath test
It was a disappointing start to 2018 for Tom Bellamy.
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Jan 1st 2018, 5:56 PM
# Breath tests
Commissioner confirms no gardaí will be disciplined over breath test scandal
O Cualáin said reviewing all 505,730 calls made by gardaí to log breath test data would take a number of years.
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Nov 23rd 2017, 6:01 PM
# Testing times
How and why under-pressure gardaí faked checkpoints
It’s detailed in a report from the Policing Authority.
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Nov 2nd 2017, 6:01 AM
# Legal Action
'It'll cost an absolute fortune': Over 100 solicitors in contact with gardaí over fixed charge notice error
Senior gardaí were questioned by the Justice Committee today about various scandals in the organisation.
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Oct 4th 2017, 1:23 PM
# what do you think
Poll: Should gardaí face sanctions for the false breath-test figures?
A Garda report has indicated that the false figures were created by a mix of problems.
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Sep 2nd 2017, 11:46 AM
# Road Safety
'They've more money in their pockets': Alarming rise in young people admitting to drink driving
Sixteen percent of people under the age of 24 say they have driven a car after consuming alcohol.
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Aug 7th 2017, 6:30 AM
# Testing times
Garda homicide and domestic violence stats are now being rechecked
Garda Commissioner Noirín O’Sullivan confirmed the examination today.
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Apr 12th 2017, 2:30 PM
# finger on the pulse
This is how a court case in Leitrim blew the latest garda scandal wide open
The massaging of figures is now feared to extend into other garda departments.
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Mar 29th 2017, 5:23 PM
# Breath tests
An open and transparent garda briefing full of unanswered questions
The Commissioner told reporters yesterday she had heard the “disquiet” around the force’s latest scandal.
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Mar 28th 2017, 12:01 AM
# Drunk Driving
Here's what we know so far about the garda breath test scandal
Almost one million tests that were never actually carried out were recorded on the system.
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Mar 25th 2017, 6:00 AM
# numbers don't add up
Gardaí recorded almost one million more breath tests than they actually carried out
Gardaí said there was no single reason that would account for why they got the figures so wrong.
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Mar 23rd 2017, 12:15 PM
# Breath Test
Almost 2,000 drivers arrested for drink driving so far this year
A number of Mandatory Alcohol Testing checkpoints will be set up around the country this weekend.
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Apr 19th 2014, 4:45 PM
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Saturday
In tonight’s Fix: Abusive emails, alcohol tests and a triple limb transplant…
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Jan 21st 2012, 7:51 PM
# pilot
Pilot taken off Aer Arann flight crew after failing breath test
The flight from Bristol to Cork was delayed for several hours on Thursday while a replacement pilot was found.
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Jan 21st 2012, 4:44 PM