There's to be Garda checkpoints all weekend.
There's a serious risk of drink driving the morning after a night out.
That's according to the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and Gardai in a joint appeal to drivers to be extra careful this weekend.
Alcohol takes about an hour per unit to leave the body according to the RSA.
The Irish Mirror reports that there'll be checkpoints "day and night" over this double bank holiday weekend.
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Assistant Commissioner, Paula Hilman, Roads Policing, An Garda Síochána has made an appeal to those who go out drinking:
She has said, "leave your car at home or designate a driver and remember you may still be over the limit the morning after."
It was recently revealed that 3,200 people have been detected driving while three times over the alcohol limit over the past three years.
According to freedom of information figures, the figure for 2021 was 1,149.
It’s a slight increase on the previous two years when a total of just over 2,100 people were three times over the limit.
Brian Farrell, from the Road Safety Authority, said people need to be careful the morning after a night out.
“Alcohol-related fatal collisions are happening the morning after,” Farrell said.
He said people need to also be cautious and not drive the morning after.
“We’re looking at 1 in 10 collisions happen the morning after that are alcohol related,” Farrell added.
