Drink-drive limbo following cert row

Tests: Despite the emphasis on drink driving, only 7,697 people were prosecuted last year for being over the limit

Dearbhail McDonald and Rachel Lavin

Gardaí have been adjourning drink driving cases already progressing through the criminal justice system following a High Court ruling which said that breath alcohol test certificates must be produced in English and Irish.

The Irish Independent has learned that drink driving prosecutions due to be heard this week have been adjourned in District Courts around the country - including major court circuits such as Cork and Dublin.

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