LOUGHREA AREA CLLR BACKS KERRY MOTION ON RURAL DRINK DRIVING ALLOWANCE

Date Published: 22-Jan-2013

Loughrea area Cllr Michael Fahy has stood out in support of a Kerry County Council motion calling for rural people to be allowed to drink and drive.

Kerry Cllr Danny Healy Rae has said that in certain circumstances people should be allowed to drink - in moderation - and then drive.He says permit holders would have to keep their speed down and stick to infrequently used roads.Cllr Healy Rae's motion was passed at a meeting yesterday by a margin of five votes to three.

Independent Cllr Michael Fahy has stood out in support of the proposal and says that it would work towards maintaining the pub sector in rural Galway.