It’s the most basic rule that everyone gets told before they start driving. If you’re going to have a couple of drinks, leave the keys at home or with a friend or anywhere other than putting them into your car and driving.
People have even forcibly taken keys off their friends to stop them from drink-driving.
However there’s been uproar after it emerged that the New Minister for Agriculture Barry Cowen was banned for driving after being caught drink-driving.
Coward received a 3-month driving ban for drink-driving in 2016, unknown to the Taoiseach Micheal Martin.
According to RTE, Independent.ie reports that Cowen was stopped at a checkpoint and breathalysed on his way back down to Offaly from Dublin after the All-Ireland football final in 2016. Independent.ie reports that he was found to be over the limit and received a €200 fine and was disqualified from driving for three months.
Micheal Martin is said to be unbelievably angry over not being informed of the incident, but it doesn’t seem to be going away as Cowen has been forced to apologise over the matter.
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