毒品驾车案例增加,而测试检查站在爱尔兰被撤下,引起对道路安全的担忧。 Drug-driving cases rose while testing checkpoints dropped in Ireland, sparking concern over road safety.

2025年第三季度全国强制酒驾检测检查站较去年同期下降了7.5%，其中卢斯、基尔代尔/卡洛和斯莱戈/莱特里姆显著下降，多个地区的毒品驾驶案件大幅上升。 Mandatory intoxication testing checkpoints nationwide fell 7.5% in Q3 2025 compared to the previous year, with significant drops in Louth, Kildare/Carlow, and Sligo/Leitrim, while drug driving cases rose sharply in multiple regions. 尽管警方比2019年更多,但执法下降,因为2025年道路死亡人数达到185,高于2019年的140. Despite more Gardaí than in 2019, enforcement declined as road fatalities reached 185 in 2025, up from 140 in 2019. 欧盟MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú对这一趋势表示震惊,指出对毒品驾车的起诉在增加,并呼吁解释在银行放假期间减少测试和推迟执行加刑点数的问题。 EU MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú expressed alarm over the trend, citing rising drug-driving prosecutions and calling for explanations on reduced testing and delayed implementation of penalty point increases during bank holidays.