37% increase in number of people caught drug-driving in Leitrim and Sligo last year

There was a 37 per cent increase in the number of people caught drug-driving in Leitrim and Sligo last year. Gardai made 88 arrests for the offence in 2024 - up from 64 the previous year.

CSO data show 98 people were caught drug-driving in Roscommon-Longford last year - down from 116 in 2023. Drumshanbo councillor Brendan Barry, from Sinn Fein, is concerned about the figures for Leitrim and Sligo: