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Garda checkpoints: Full list of locations for 24-hour speeding blitz across Ireland
An Garda Siochana
Gardai are set to conduct a 24-hour nationwide speeding enforcement operation as part of National Slow Down Day, with checkpoints at over 1,000 locations across Ireland, starting at midnight tonight.
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Gardai nab speeding lorry driver zooming at 91km/h in front of school
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Officers on patrol in Roscommon clocked the lorry driver speeding at 91km/h in a 50km/h zone - in front of a school
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Gardaí reveal exact location of new static speed camera on Irish road
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The new static speed safety camera will be in operation from Friday
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Driver clocked at 164 km/h among 800 speeding motorists snared in 24-hour Garda crackdown
An Garda Siochana
One motorist was caught by Gardaí speeding at 164km/h in a 120km/h zone
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Garda checkpoints: Warning issued ahead of 24-hour speeding crackdown - full list of locations
An Garda Siochana
Gardai have announced they will conduct a 24-hour speeding crackdown on February 26 as part of National Slowdown Day, with over 1,000 speed enforcement zones nationwide to raise awareness of the dangers of speeding and promote safer driving.
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Gardai nab driver speeding at 125km/h in a 100km/h zone during Bank Holiday weekend
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More than 1,000 drivers were stopped for speeding offences during the first four days of a Garda Roads Policing Operation over the weekend
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Russell Brand fined after pleading guilty to driving offences
Russell Brand
Controversial celebrity Brand pleaded guilty to a string of driving offences
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Gardai nab disqualified motorist speeding 30km/h over limit while uninsured and untaxed
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The motorist was speeding, going 95kp/h in a 60kp/h zone on the Ongar Road in Dublin
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Motorist clocked speeding at 122km/h in 80km/h zone on National Slow Down Day
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75 vehicles were found travelling in excess of the speed limit in the first five hours of National Slow Down Day
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Gardai issue appeal ahead of final National Slow Down Day of the year
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In advance of tomorrow’s National Slow Down Day Gardaí are asking people to have a conversation with those around you about speed, driving safely and helping to make sure everyone using Irish roads arrives home this Christmas
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68 motorists caught speeding in first five hours of National Slow Down Day
An Garda Siochana
One motorist was detected travelling 113km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R245 Cashelshanaghan in Letterkenny this morning
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More than 1,200 motorists caught speeding in Ireland over Bank Holiday weekend
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The detections between Thursday and Sunday were part of a massive Garda crackdown to reduce the country’s road death toll this year
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Two new Average Safety Cameras to be operational at locations on N5 in Mayo and N3 in Cavan
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From midday on Friday, vehicles detected driving in excess of the 100km/h posted speed limit will be subject to prosecution
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Location of Ireland's new speed cameras in accident hotspots as gardai crackdown on driver behaviour
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The new average safety cameras work by monitoring a vehicle's speed over a certain distance, rather than at a single point
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Judge lambasts Irishman who filmed himself speeding for his 'stupidity beyond belief'
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The court heard Hussain was behind the wheel of a car hurtling down the Surf Coast Highway towards Torquay at more than 170km/h, when he took out his phone and began filming himself
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Motorist caught speeding at 192kph on National Go Slow Day
Road safety
More than 750 drivers were detected breaking speed limits on Irish roads during a 24-hour period on National Go Slow Day
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'Slow Down Day' this Friday as Gardaí urge safe driving amid soaring road deaths
An Garda Siochana
'Just four months into 2024, already 63 people have been killed on roads in Ireland. That is 14 more lives lost than on this same day last year,' a Garda spokesperson said
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Driver clocked doing 228km/hr over Bank Holiday weekend as road deaths surge
An Garda Siochana
A Garda Roads Policing Operation was conducted nationwide on a weekend where there were two deaths and 12 life-threatening injuries
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How do speed camera vans work in Ireland? The facts and myths
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Enforcement of Ireland speed cameras is carried out by GoSafe - and there is always a person inside the speed camera van
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Motorists escape speeding fines as GoSafe van operators miss court due to 'five month' illness
Donegal
A court in Donegal was told that the two ill Go Safe speed van operators would be off work for "four to five months" due to their illness
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Speed vans breaching guidelines could 'open floodgates' for appeals
Penalty points
Vehicles have been pictured parked behind trees and bus stops in Belfast in an apparent breach of guidelines
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Pedestrian road deaths in Ireland on course to hit 15-year high this year
Road Deaths
Nearly twice as many pedestrians were killed at night than during daylight hours and 58 per cent of fatalities occurred on urban roads with speed limits under 60kph
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Increase in number of speeding convictions struck out following poor box donation
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EXCLUSIVE: Figures released to Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy from the Court Service show that the number of speeding offences struck out for 2023 following a donation to the court poor box could bypass last year's figures.
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Full breakdown of key plans to change speed limits on Irish roads
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If approved, speed limits could be slashed across hundreds of roads up and down the country
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