Irish Drink Driving Laws

Drunk Driving

New Road traffic Act 2006 enforced from March 2007 :

Minimum mandatory disqualification for drink driving up from three months to one year.

The maximum is six years, up from four years.

Drink drivers who refuse to give a urine or blood sample get automatic four-year ban for first offence, double the two years which applied up to March 5.

This rises to a automatic ban of six years for a second offence.

More details here: Stricter Penalties

See Also: Rules of the Road - Alcohol

And: Rules of the Road - Garda

Drink driving law is set out in the Road Traffic Act, 1994 as amended by the Road Traffic Act, 1995.

Automatic disqualification applies to all drink driving convictions but the minimum period varies depending on the alcohol levels in individual cases. Details of the disqualification periods are as follows:

OFFENCE	Minimum Period
	1st Offence	2nd Offence
Blood alcohol level per 100 ml of blood
Exceeding 80 mg but not exceeding 100 mg	1 Year	2 Years
Exceeding 100 mg but not exceeding 150 mg	2 Years	4 Years
Exceeding 150 mg	3 Years	6 Years
Refusal offences	4 Years	6 Years
Drunk Driving (see footnote 1)	2 Years	4 Years

Notes:(1) Where a person is convicted of the offence of being under the influence to such an extent as to "be incapable of having proper control of the vehicle".

Equivalent Tables
Blood Alcohol Level	Urine Alcohol Concentration	Breath Alcohol Concentration
81 mg - 100 mg	107 - 135 mg	35 - 44
101 mg - 150 mg	136 - 200 mg	45 - 66
151 mg or above	201 or above	67 or above

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