Over 100 people have been arrested for this in the past week.
Five people have been arrested in Laois for driving under the influence.
The arrests were made over the course of the first weekend of the Gardaí's Christmas road safety campaign.
In the last week, 118 people have been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Gardaí have set up over 1700 checkpoints, and are warning people to "make it home, not to a cell or a courtroom."
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