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A motorist was told he was lucky to be getting a three-year driving ban instead of what might have been six years for his second drunk driving offence.

A major multi-agency checkpoint on the M17 at Tuam brought drug-driving arrests, vehicle seizures and deportations on Tuesday, September 16, as Gardaí and partner agencies mounted a high-visibility operation targeting crime and road safety.

The number of people convicted of drink and drug driving offences has decreased for the first time in four years across County Galway.

Drinkaware, the national charity working to prevent and reduce the misuse of alcohol and delay the age of first drink, is engaging with parents with tips and advice on how talk to their children about alcohol.

More than a third of Irish road user fatalities have alcohol in their systems when toxicology tests are taken, new research has revealed.

New data from An Garda Síochána on arrests from drink driving indicates that between January and April this year there was an increase of 18 per cent in the number of arrests for driving under the influence (DUI), compared with the same period in 2016.

“My body was completely broken, but I didn’t realise I would never see him again." These are the words of Gillian Treacy, mother of four-year-old Ciarán who was killed in a head-on collision with a drunk driver in April 2014.

Drivers need to be properly rested before setting off on long journeys, says breakdown and road safety organisation GEM. The advice comes as families from across the country begin summer holiday journeys lasting hours or in some cases even days to the south of France or further afield.

Two young men lost their lives in separate road crashes around the county in recent days.