A bus driver was arrested on the M7 in Co Kildare last night for being nine times over the legal alcohol limit.

Gardaí tweeted about the incident, saying the Naas Roads Policing Unit had arrested the driver, a man in his 60s, after they stopped the bus at 7pm yesterday.

There were no passengers on the bus at the time, but an open bottle of wine was on the front passenger seat.

The man is due before Naas District Court on Wednesday 17 October.

The legal limit for novices, learners and professional drivers is nine microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath.

For other fully licenced drivers the limit is 22 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath.