164 drivers were arrested on suspicion of intoxicated driving over the bank holiday weekend.
Gardai say 74 of those arrests happened on St. Patrick's Day itself.
Meanwhile, over the course of the 3 day period 11 arrests were made between 8am and 11am.
St Patricks weekend Road Deaths 16th -18th March 2019. Further information at:https://t.co/JaO4m9wYgS pic.twitter.com/CHy2SCNiaZ
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) March 19, 2019
Chief Superintendent Paul Cleary, Garda National Roads Policing Bureau said:
We will continue to target these irresponsible drivers who put themselves and all other road users at risk.
We are committed to making the roads as safe as they should be.
