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Sharp increase in drink and drug-driving locally

Nov 27, 2025 13:28
By Shannonside News
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Sharp increase in drink and drug-driving locally

Drug-driving has also risen significantly in these two counties

The number of people arrested for drink and drug-driving has increased sharply in Leitrim and Sligo this year.

239 have been arrested on suspicion of these offences.

91 people were arrested for drink-driving in Sligo-Leitrim last year.

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That has already been surpassed this year, with 104 in the first 10 months of this year.

Drug-driving has also risen significantly in these two counties - with 120 arrests last year and 135 between January and October this year.

There hasn't been the same sharp increases in the Mayo/Roscommon/Longford region.

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276 people were arrested for drink-driving there last year - with 219 in the first 10 months of this year.

116 people were nabbed for drug-driving in the same period this year - compared to 156 in all of last year.

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