This should really be a Kerry man joke, but unfortunately it's not.
RTÉ are reporting that Kerry county councillors are backing a motion to allow rural Kerryfolk to drive while over the legal drinking limit. Because that's going to work out well for everyone. Put forward by Danny Healy-Rae (Because of course it's a Healy-Rae), the idea is that people who suffer 'rural isolation' would get a permit that allows them to drink at least 'two or three drinks'. Healy-Rae went on to cite the risk of suicide of the rurally isolated as a reason to pass the change in the law, which will go before the Department of Justice, with the permit being given out at the discretion of Gardaí, and drivers will only be able to drive at 'low speeds'. Because drunk people have all their faculties intact. Then there's also the fact that some of the councillors who yayyed the motion are publicans. Yes, this is still not a Kerry man joke.
We live in the 21st century. Just get drunk and have a session over Skype Kerry. You're just giving us more excuses to cut you off and set you adrift into the Atlantic with this.
