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FF's Malcolm Byrne arrested on suspicion of drink driving
Byrne failed a breathalyser and provided a urine sample as Gardaí investigate the arrest during a bank holiday roads policing operation.
- On Thursday morning, Fianna Fáil TD Malcolm Byrne was arrested on suspicion of drink driving after failing a breath test at a mandatory Garda checkpoint in Dublin city centre.
- The arrest occurred during a Garda Roads Policing Operation running throughout the June Bank Holiday weekend, where Gardaí conduct statutory Mandatory Intoxicant Testing at high-visibility checkpoints.
- Byrne, chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence, was stopped at 5am while travelling to Dublin Airport and subsequently provided a urine sample at Pearse Street Garda station.
- Fianna Fáil stated it would not be appropriate to comment further while the investigation is ongoing, while Byrne confirmed he is "co-operating fully" with An Garda Síochána.
- Gardaí reported over 140 arrests for driving under the influence during the first four days of the operation, while detecting over 3,140 speeding offences and three fatal road traffic collisions.
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Fianna Fáil confirms TD Malcolm Byrne arrested on suspicion of drink-driving
In a statement, a spokesperson for Fianna Fáil said the Wicklow-Wexford TD informed the party he was “arrested on suspicion of drink driving after he was stopped at a mandatory Garda checkpoint in Dublin”.
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