Waterford councillors have criticized gardaí conducting breathalyzer tests on people driving to GAA matches.

Independent Cha O’Neill says he was stopped for a test twice in half an hour on his way to Portlaoise to see the senior hurlers play.

He believes it will hurt the economy.

He said ” 11.05am, I was stopped outside Sallypark and I was saying to myself that’s going to destroy the tourism in the town if fellas coming from
Dublin are going to be stopped on the way back. I was delighted to be stopped outside Kilkenny because it was destroying Kilkenny as well, we are gone a nanny
state”

Councillor O’Neill claims there’s doubt over the number of fatal collisions that involved someone who had been driving the morning after drinking.

He said he would love to know how many people were killed on the roads with a driver who had two or three drinks. He said he sympathized with people who had
relatives killed by drink drivers.

Analysis from the Road Safety Authority in 2016 shows that one in ten fatal collisions happened between 7am and 11am.