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Is been Arrested for Drunk Driving a Criminal Offence

  • 01-02-2011 11:05pm
    #1
    Joe_Leen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭


    Hi,

    Friend of mine was arrested for drunk driving and she needs to know is that considered a criminal offence ? She's now off the road for a year. All the appliactions for the work she's applying for asks "Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence in Ireland or elsewhere."

    Thanks,

    Joe


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  • #2
    234
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,529 ✭✭✭234


    Joe_Leen wrote: »
    Hi,

    Friend of mine was arrested for drunk driving and she needs to know is that considered a criminal offence ? She's now off the road for a year. All the appliactions for the work she's applying for asks "Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence in Ireland or elsewhere."

    Thanks,

    Joe

    The question is whether your friend was convicted. Being arrested is not an offence.


  • #3
    Joe_Leen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Joe_Leen


    I searched through Citizens Information and been convicted for drink driving is a criminal offence.

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/criminal_law/criminal_offences/


  • #4
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,622 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Joe_Leen wrote: »
    I searched through Citizens Information and been convicted for drink driving is a criminal offence.

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/criminal_law/criminal_offences/

    That's not what you asked in your original post, what you asked was...

    Friend of mine was arrested for drunk driving and she needs to know is that considered a criminal offence ?

    And the answer is 'no' but as 234 pointed out, being arrested in itself is not a criminal offence but as you've subsequently discovered, being convicted is.


  • #5
    Jarndyce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 217 ✭✭Jarndyce


    Joe_Leen wrote: »
    She's now off the road for a year.

    To the pedants:

    Unless she is off the road for a year of her volition, I think it is safe to assume that she was convicted of a drink driving offence.


  • #6
    Yawns
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,255 ✭✭✭Yawns


    The op should fully disclose info if he wants a more accurate opinated answer tho.

    If she was arrested and convicted then yes.

    If arrested and not convicted then no.


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  • #7
    source
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭source


    Yawns wrote: »
    The op should fully disclose info if he wants a more accurate opinated answer tho.

    If she was arrested and convicted then yes.

    If arrested and not convicted then no.

    The op did disclose all relevant information, He said his friend was arrested for drunk driving and is now off the road for a year. Any reasonable person would read that as having been convicted of the offence and was punished with a year off the road.

    Boards is not a court and the op was not writing a statement where he would have to go into a lot more detail.


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