New figures show the number of Mandatory Intoxication Testing checkpoints in the Kildare/Carlow Garda division fell by 43.8 per cent over the past year - dropping from 782 to 439 between Q3 2024 and Q3 2025.
Far fewer Garda drink and drug driving checkpoints are being carried out in Kildare and Carlow, despite concerns about rising drug driving.
New figures show the number of Mandatory Intoxication Testing checkpoints in the Kildare/Carlow Garda division fell by 43.8 per cent over the past year - dropping from 782 to 439 between Q3 2024 and Q3 2025.
That’s the biggest fall of any Garda division in the country.
EU Transport Committee member and MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú said the drop is concerning, particularly as drug driving continues to rise nationally, with a year-on-year increase recorded in nearby Carlow.
Nationally, Garda checkpoints also fell - down 7.5 per cent over the same period.
Ní Mhurchú said fewer checkpoints mean fewer drivers being tested, at a time when road deaths have increased.
She has called on Garda management to explain why roadside testing in Kildare and Carlow has been cut back so sharply.
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