Huge Garda Error Leads To Thousands Of Quashed Drink Driving Convictions

The Gardai have stated publicly that a huge error has been made in recording the number of roadside breath tests which have taken place in the past five years. 

According to RTE, the Policing Authority is ‘alarmed at the scale of the discrepancies disclosed between actual roadside alcohol tests administered and the numbers recorded by Gardai’. 

In a statement, they said:

“It raises serious questions of integrity for the Garda Síochána organisation and combined with previous issues regarding inflated activity levels, erodes confidence in the credibility of garda data generally.”

It is now expected that 14,500 people will have road traffic convictions quashed due to the error.

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