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Irish Mirror
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Sheena Mcstravick

Cops stop woman 'four times drink-driving limit near school' in Northern Ireland

Police have hit out after apprehending a woman who was allegedly four times the legal drink-driving limit in the vicinity of a local school.

Officers slammed the incident, which happened early on Wednesday morning, as "sickening", Belfast Live reports .

Sharing an image of the vehicle the woman was driving, which had mounted the kerb, a spokesperson for PSNI Dungannon said: "Drink driving at any time is disgusting but it’s particularly sickening when its in an area packed with school children.

"The female driver of this car was arrested early this morning more than FOUR times over the limit.

"Driving past hordes of school kids, before 9am, whilst more than four times over the limit - just take a minute to try and comprehend that."

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