COUNTY DRINK DRIVING INCIDENTS DROP BY A FIFTH

Date Published: 29-Mar-2012

There's been a 21 percent drop in the number of drunk driving incidents in the county.

There were 37 drunk driving incidents in the first two months of the year-that's down a fifth compared to the same time last year.

The latest crime statistics for County Galway also reveal that between January and February, Gardaí performed over 3 thousand 300 breath tests.

There was also over 513 checkpoints held across the county.