A TD is among over 140 people who’ve been arrested on suspicion of ‘driving under the influence’ over the bank holiday weekend.
Fianna Fáil’s Malcolm Byrne failed a roadside breath test at a Garda checkpoint while driving to Dublin Airport at around 5 o’clock on Thursday morning.
He was subsequently arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and brought to Pearse Street Garda Station in Dublin, where he provided a urine sample – the results of which have not yet been returned.
In a statement, the Wicklow-Wexford TD said he is cooperating fully with An Garda Síochána.
Fionnan Sheahan, Ireland Editor at the Irish Independent, says Deputy Byrne was traveling to a conference at the time:
