The Kerry County Council in southwest Ireland has passed a controversial measure that could make it legal for some rural drivers to get behind the wheel after knocking back a few stiff drinks.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS dismissed a motion backed by Kerry County Council to relax drink-driving limits in rural parts of Ireland in order to allow isolated people to have “two or three†drinks before driving home.
An alcohol awareness charity has criticised a Kerry councillor's call to allow rural drivers have two or three drinks before driving home, while an organisation representing vintners said it hoped the proposal started a conversation on the issues facing rural Ireland.
From The Irish Times JASON KENNEDY and ANNE LUCEY An alcohol awareness charity has criticised Kerry councillor Danny Healy-Rae ’s call to allow rural drivers have two or three drinks before…
Local police in Ireland's Kerry county will be allowed to permit some residents to drive drunk if a measure passed yesterday by county councilors is approved by the Department of Justice.
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A rural county in Ireland has supported a proposal to allow drink-driving to prevent people from becoming depressed. Kerry County councillors voted in favour of a motion that would issue permits to isolated older residents, all
Councillors in south-west Ireland have backed a plan to relax the drink-drive limits for some isolated constituents.
From the Irish Examiner YOU had a tough day at work and the kids were cranky when you got home. By Helen O ’Callaghan Having packed them off to bed, you…