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Case No. 16857Drink-driving; driving while disqualified · Co. Laois · 23 Jun 2024

Driver arrested at Portlaoise checkpoint for drink-driving while disqualified

On Sunday night, 23 June 2024, gardaí arrested a driver at a checkpoint in Portlaoise, County Laois, whom they said was allegedly drunk behind the wheel while already disqualified from driving. The driver's age, sex and nationality are not given, and the car was seized by the Laois Roads Policing Unit, with gardaí also reporting dangerously defective tyres. Reports published on 24 June 2024 say the driver was charged to appear before Portlaoise District Court, and no later court date or outcome is reported.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Charged24 Jun
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • Gardaí arrested a driver they said was allegedly drunk behind the wheel at a checkpoint in Portlaoise.
  • Gardaí seized the driver's car, which the extra.ie headline says had dangerously defective tyres.
Where
The checkpoint was held in Portlaoise, County Laois.
When
The checkpoint was held on Sunday night, 23 June 2024.
Cause
The driver was found to have already been disqualified from driving.
Investigation
The car was seized by the Laois Roads Policing Unit.
Charges
The driver was charged to appear before Portlaoise District Court.
Other details
  • The Laois Roads Policing Unit described the driver as yet another disqualified driver it had arrested.
  • Leinster Express and extra.ie reported the arrest and seizure on 24 June 2024.
7 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatGardaí seized a car with dangerously defective tyres. (extra.ie)
  • whatGardaí arrested a driver they said was drunk behind the wheel at a checkpoint in Portlaoise. (leinsterexpress.ie)
  • whenThe checkpoint was held on Sunday night, 23 June. (leinsterexpress.ie)
  • causeThe driver had already been disqualified from driving. (leinsterexpress.ie)
  • investigationThe driver's car was seized by the Laois roads policing unit. (leinsterexpress.ie)
  • chargeThe driver was charged to appear before Portlaoise District Court. (leinsterexpress.ie)
  • otherThe car was taken from a disqualified driver. (extra.ie)

The reporting

newest first
  1. 24 Jun2024
    Chargedleinsterexpress.ie, first report
    Laois Gardaí arrest banned driver they claim was 'drunk behind the wheel'

    Reports a Portlaoise checkpoint arrest on 23 June 2024 of a disqualified driver allegedly drunk; adds that the car was seized and the driver charged. No matching existing case.

    suspect
  2. 24 Jun2024
    Otherextra.ie, follow-up
    Gardaí seize car with 'dangerously defective' tyres from disqualified driver

    The article body is empty template code. The only content is the headline, which gives no date, place, names or other details.

    suspect