The Boston Globe

World

Bid to let Irish farmers drink and drive is denied

DUBLIN — A license to drive drunk? Some small-town politicians think it’s just the tonic for rural Ireland.

Councilmen in Kerry, southwest Ireland, passed a motion this week asking the government to create a permit that would allow isolated farmers the ability to drink a few pints and then return home in their car, or on their tractor, without fear of being busted.

Comments

What an inane suggestion.  I think whoever proposed this was drunk at the time.