{"id":629,"date":"2014-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T23:00:00","slug":"drink-driving-limits-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micksgarageblog.org\/drink-driving-limits-in-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Drink Driving Limits in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"background-color:white\">In Ireland, the alcohol breath test limit is 50mg of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"background-color:white\">A three tier system of penalties is in force for offenders:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color:white\">For drivers found just over the blood alcohol limit of 50mg, an on-the-spot fine of &euro;200 and 3 penalty points can be given. This is only applicable once in a 3 year period.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color:white\">For those found with 80mg to 100mg, a fixed charge of &euro;400 and 6 month driving ban can be imposed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color:white\">Drivers caught with a blood alcohol level over 100mg must appear in court, where a fine of up to &euro;5000 and a minimum ban of one can be imposed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"background-color:white\">The Irish <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/rsa.ie\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Road Safety Authority<\/a><span style=\"background-color:white\"> have a website which provides <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drinkdriving.ie\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">information about drink driving &#8211; http:\/\/www.drinkdriving.ie\/<\/a><span style=\"background-color:white\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drink Driving Limits in Ireland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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