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92% increase in drink-driving detections for the first six months of 2025 in Donegal
The Donegal Garda Roads Policing Inspector said the rise of drink-driving detections was due to a “more proactive approach.”
Drink-driving detections in Donegal nearly doubled in the first six months of 2025 compared to the same time period in 2024, according to newly-released data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
Within Donegal, crimes involving threatening behaviour and harassment rose in the first six months of 2025, compared to the same time period the year before; however, sexual offences, burglary, theft, and controlled drug offences actually decreased.
Gardaí in Donegal detected 221 cases of drink driving from January to June of 2025, a rise of 92% compared to the 115 cases detected in 2024.
Roads Policing Inspector, Sean McDaid, told Donegal Live: “It is a more proactive approach by the front line and road policing units within Donegal Garda Division, as well as an increase in Mandatory Intoxication Checkpoints.
“Also, a more proactive approach from road policing and frontline members.
“Please don’t drive under the influence of an intoxicant; drink, drugs, or a combination of both.”
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Threats to kill or cause serious harm more than doubled, with an increase of 165%. In the first six months of 2024, there were 26 cases, compared to 69 cases in the same time period a year later.
Attempts or threats to murder, assaults, harassments, and related offences increased by 15.2% from January to June 2025, compared to January to June 2024, and harassment and related offences increased by 16.7%.
However, sexual offences in Donegal, according to CSO data, dropped by 14.3% from January to June in 2025 compared to a year prior, and rape and sexual assault decreased by 10.8%.
Theft and related offences dropped from 448 cases in January to June 2024 to 354 incidents in the same time period in 2025, a decrease of 21%, whilst burglary dropped by 22.4% in Donegal, and controlled drug offences fell by 8.8%.
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