Hundreds of drink-driving cases could be thrown out after the High Court ruled that alcohol test results have to be printed in English and Irish.
Mr Justice Seamus Noonan ruled that a breath alcohol test statement is not a valid piece of evidence if it is in English only.
He said a statement produced after a test had been performed by gardaí, who had arrested Mihai Avadenei, 29, for a drink-driving offence, had not been printed in Irish.
The judge said under the Road Traffic Act 2010, Avadenei, with an address at Lioscianan, Swords, Co Dublin, could face up to six months in jail and/or a €5,000 fine for the offence.
Source: Saurya Cherfi and Ray Managh, Irish Examiner, 22/09/15
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