The Authorities in both countries are coordinating databases and enforcing disqualifications.

First recorded uses of defences of Duress and Necessity to acquit woman accused of drink driving.

Once you're in the Garda station you have no option but to cooperate with the procedure. But there's plenty to pay attention to.

There are a number of steps ahead of you in the Garda station. Here are the first few.

Most people couldn't do their job without their car. Could you?

Judges have a lot of leeway when it comes to imposing sentence. But some offences are punished the same every time.

Sometimes the difference between success and failure is pure chance. Embrace it.

"Technicalities" and "loopholes" sound interesting, even exciting. But they don't exist.

Is banning everyone who is convicted of drink driving really a good idea? Here's the argument against.

Trying to find the answer is a lot like trying to find out how long a piece of string is.

On almost any night out it seems this question will come up in conversation. Here's why finding the answer is virtually impossible.

If cases collapse they can collapse for any one of a number of reasons. Here's a few of them.

What should you include in your written account of what happened when you were arrested? Just everything, that’s all.

You have to be willing to work hard if you want to give yourself the best chance of winning your case.

A cautionary tale: drink driving cases are hard to win, they are. Saying otherwise is both untrue and unfair. Years of training have made...

There's no exceptions here. Once you're convicted you will be disqualified.

The length of the disqualification is based only on the quantity of alcohol found in your breath, blood or urine.

You've been arrested. So what happens now? PATRICK HORAN explains.

Getting your car keys back after you've been released shouldnt be interpreted as permission to drive again.

The judgement of other people couldn’t hold a candle to the self-criticism that they themselves feel.