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Case No. 29902Drink driving (exceeding the legal alcohol limit) · Co. Kildare · 28 Sep 2021

Motorist arrested for drink driving in Clane, Kildare

On 28 September 2021, Clane Gardaí on patrol in Kildare stopped a motorist for erratic driving. A roadside breath test found the driver had 86 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, four times the legal limit. The motorist was arrested and court proceedings are to follow.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrested28 Sep
    2 reports
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • Clane Gardaí on patrol stopped a motorist for erratic driving.
  • A roadside breath test found the driver had 86 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, four times the legal limit.
Investigation
A roadside breath test was conducted on the motorist.
Charges
The motorist was arrested for drink driving.
In court
Court proceedings are to follow.
Other details
  • In 2021, gardai carried out 27,882 breath tests and detained 13,211 drivers for various offences.
  • The 2021 road death toll had reached 106.
11 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatClane Gardaí were on patrol when they saw a motorist driving erratically (irishmirror.ie, kildarenow.com)
  • whatThe driver was found to be four times over the legal alcohol limit (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatThe driver was arrested and proceedings to follow (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatThe motorist had 86 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatThe reading was four times over the legal drinking limit. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatThe motorist was arrested. (kildarenow.com)
  • investigationA roadside breath test was conducted on the motorist. (kildarenow.com)
  • courtCourt proceedings are to follow. (kildarenow.com)
  • otherIn 2021 gardai carried out 27,882 breath tests (irishmirror.ie)
  • other13,211 drivers were detained for various offences in 2021 (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe 2021 road death toll had reached 106 (irishmirror.ie)

The reporting

newest first
  1. 28 Sep2021
    Arrestedkildarenow.com, its first report
    Kildare Gardaí stop motorist who was FOUR times over the drinking limit

    Garda Traffic Twitter announcement of a drink-driving arrest in Clane; the motorist tested at 86 microgrammes per 100 ml of breath, four times the legal limit.

    suspect
  2. 28 Sep2021
    Arrestedirishmirror.ie, first report
    Gardai pull driver over for their poor driving to find serious offence

    Confirms the Clane drink driving stop and adds broader road safety statistics including 27,882 breath tests and 13,211 detentions in 2021, and a 2021 road death toll of 106.

    suspect