An Garda Síochána have expressed disappointment at the high number of road traffic offences detected over the Bank Holiday.
There were 105 suspected offences for drink-driving, and 55 offences for drug-driving.
Four people lost their lives on the roads during the Bank Holiday weekend.
Paula Hilman, Assistant Commissioner in charge of Roads Policing and Community Engagement, told RTÉ's News at One programme that the two main drugs they see are cannabis and cocaine and that the amount of people arrested for drug-driving has increased by 100% during the first 6 months in 2020.
In the run up to the August Bank Holiday weekend, she said figures show that gardaí arrested an additional 625 people for drink-driving.
That was despite travel restrictions during the pandemic.
Also, during the August bank holiday weekend, a driver was detected driving at a speed of 203 km/ph on the M1 near Drogheda.
Assistant Commissioner Hilman said the Roads Policing Unit detected over 2, 600 instants of excessive speed last weekend.
She said another driver was caught driving 101 km/ per hour over the speed limit which was a 50 km/ph limit.
The Assistant Commissioner is urging people to drive within the speed limits.
