At Kilrush District Court, Judge Alec Gabbett said that the drug driving offending by Jonathan Kenny (36), formerly of Elm Drive, Kilrush and now of Querrin, Kilkee, “is very grave”.

A J1 visa allows students to work in the US from May 15th to September 15th, with an additional 30 days to travel.

Conall Shiels appeared at Letterkenny District Court in Co Donegal following the incident on June 23rd, 2024.

The new RSA drug-driving campaign aims to correct public misconceptions and raise awareness, especially among young people, about the reality and risks of drug-driving.

A total of 174 people were killed in road collisions in 2024, including 15 persons in December.

Over the Christmas period alone, there were eight fatalities on Irish roads and 20 people received serious and life-threatening injuries.

Inspector Fergal O’Donovan from the Cork County Roads Policing Unit has warned drink and drug drivers that they will get caught.

During the month of December 2023, 14 people lost their lives on Irish roads and 124 were seriously injured.

The social media campaign is aimed at students across Ireland as they settle back in college and begin considering, researching and planning a summer abroad next year on USIT’s J1 USA visa programme.

Several pending and future prosecutions for drug-driving, and potentially also drink-driving, could be affected by the Supreme Court’s answer on the legal issues.

Gardaí said they put in place an extensive road policing operation from last Thursday until Tuesday morning.

Three drivers were arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving on National Slow Down Day

Niamh McDonnell, (30), Gortskagh, Castlemahon, Co Limerick was “drunk and had drugs in her system” when she got behind the wheel of her mother-in-law’s car on June 30th, 2022

The judge was giving his decision in the case of a driver who was stopped at a roadside checkpoint for a drug test and told he was required to remain there for up to an hour