Three drug driving arrests in Kilkenny over bank holiday weekend

Three people were arrested on suspicion for drug driving over the bank holiday weekend.

Checkpoints were in place around the city and county as part of a dedicated enforcement operation over the bank holiday weekend.

Nationally, there has been an increase in fatalities with 104 deaths recorded so far across the country this year. That is 12 more lives lost than this time last year.

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A garda spokesperson said that people are at highest risk of being involved in a fatal or serious road traffic collision during a bank holiday period and urged you to be extra vigilant this weekend.

Nationally, there were 181 people arrested on suspicion of drink or drug driving over the bank holiday weekend - that is one arrest on average every half an hour.

Nationally over the Bank Holiday period, An Garda Síochána carried out 900 Mandatory Intoxicant Testing (MIT) checkpoints. 4,006 roadside drug and alcohol tests were conducted which led to 196 arrests for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.

Throughout the weekend, Garda Roads Policing Units were out detecting those speeding and issued over 1,143 on the spot Fixed Charge Penalty Notices for speeding offences.

Of the 837,171 vehicles checked for speeding by Go-Safe nationwide, 2,841 drivers were detected for speeding.