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# Breathalyser

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'Austerity cost lives': Drink driving convictions in Ireland fell MASSIVELY in the last 10 years
The yearly rate has fallen by nearly 9,000 in fact. And counties with a lot of road deaths are not necessarily those with the most convictions.
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Jul 31st 2017, 12:05 AM
# Road Deaths
Shane Ross considering 'naming and shaming' drink drivers like tax defaulters
Meanwhile, a Fine Gael MEP has called for breathalysers to be installed in the cars of repeat offenders.
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Jan 4th 2017, 2:01 PM
# Tasty
Young NRL prop sprayed insect repellent in his mouth after being stopped for drink driving
A textbook example of what not to do.
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Apr 20th 2016, 11:24 AM
# wise up
This powerful video shows why drink driving is a bad, bad idea
284,000 Irish drivers have admitted to some manner of drink driving in the last 12 months.
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Nov 28th 2015, 6:00 PM
# Convictions
The courts say they have an 86% conviction rate for drink-driving
That’s double what had been reported.
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Oct 27th 2015, 8:25 AM
# in irish please
Emergency law closes drink-driving loophole
This closes the loophole for future cases but the status of previous tickets remains unclear
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Sep 22nd 2015, 1:39 PM
# Courts
Judge rules failed breathalyser test void as results were provided in English only
The failed test “is not evidence at all and cannot be admitted,” said Judge Seamus Noonan.
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Sep 21st 2015, 9:40 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
# An Garda Síochána
These graphs show how more breath-testing has affected drink-driving
Figures supplied by Gardaí show a year-on-year drop in the number of drivers found to be intoxicated.
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Dec 14th 2013, 10:15 AM
# Pat Rabbitte
Pat Rabbitte: Mattie McGrath ‘is about as useful as t*ts on a bull’
The communications minister says Alan Shatter was certainly not trying to claim a constitutional defence when breathalysed.
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May 31st 2013, 6:40 AM
# Feeling confident?
Fianna Fáil tables Dáil motion of no confidence in Alan Shatter
TDs will debate Fianna Fáil’s motion on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the party saying Shatter’s position is untenable.
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May 24th 2013, 4:40 PM
# I did not exhale
Shatter: 'I was breathalysed, but hadn't done anything wrong'
Alan Shatter has offered an explanation of the incident referred to by Mattie McGrath in the Dáil earlier today.
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May 23rd 2013, 5:26 PM
# Learner Drivers
RSA want gardaí to breathalyse L-plate passengers
The RSA has said that the role of supervising a learner driver cannot be performed “if the accompanying driver is intoxicated.”
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Apr 23rd 2013, 9:25 PM
# need to know
The Evening Fix: Friday
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
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Aug 3rd 2012, 7:49 PM
# Alcohol Testing
No breathalysers for over half of drivers in fatal accidents - despite mandatory tests
Department of Justice figures show that less than only 35 drivers – of 107 involved in fatal accidents – have been tested.
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Aug 3rd 2012, 1:36 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Should 'alco-locks' be mandatory on all vehicles?
An event in Dublin this week is set to call for the universal use of in-car breathalysers, disabling a car if the driver fails it.
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May 21st 2012, 10:31 AM
# 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