865 drivers in the space of 24 hours have been detected going over the speed limit on National Slow Down Day.
Each of the drivers will now receive a €160 fine and have three penalty points applied to their driving licences, An Garda Síochána have said.
The detections were all recorded between 7am yesterday morning and 7am this morning.
Garda members and GoSafe Safety Cameras were deployed in a bid to encourage drivers to reduce their speed, and a total of 149,488 vehicles were checked.
Gardaí gave a number of examples of "motorists putting themselves and others at risk" over the period.
In one case, a driver was detected going at 121km/h in an 80km/h on the N2 at Drumcaw in Co Monaghan.
In Carlow, a motorist was detected traveling at 163km/h in an 120km/h zone on the M9 near Moanmore.
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and Minister of State at the Department of Transport Jack Chambers have met this evening to discuss road safety following a number of recent tragic road fatalities.
The ministers believe that stronger policy and increased enforcement can help reduce road deaths following the recent worrying trends.
"In this regard, they discussed the recent announcement by Minister McEntee and the Garda Commissioner to increase the number of GoSafe van hours by 20% and Minister Chambers's reforms to penalty points legislation and speed limits," a spokesperson for Minister Chambers said.
The two ministers also agreed that raising awareness of this issue has a hugely important role to play in increasing road safety.
"The ministers will remain in continuing contact on this issue and will also continue their engagement with stakeholders and groups such as the Road Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána," the spokesperson said.
Speaking before the meeting, Mr Chambers said a speed limit review is also being brought to the Government soon which over a period of time will make a significant difference to lowering baseline speed limits and the fragmentation of speed limits across the country.
He said the Government wanted to break the trend of rising road deaths as too many people have lost their lives this year.
Yesterday, it was announced that there is to be a 20% increase in the deployment of speed camera vans as part of efforts to tackle the rise in road deaths.
Ms McEntee and Garda Commissioner Drew Harris agreed to allocate an additional €1.2 million in funding to increase the use of GoSafe vans.
The move will allow for 1,500 extra hours of the mobile speed checks in safety camera zones around the country.
Ms McEntee said that "the sole intention is to catch people speeding but also to try and change and to amend people's behaviours" on the roads.
The minister said the decision has been taken amid what she described as "a worrying trend, an increase in road deaths in the last few months".
"We want to make sure that that trend starts to change in the opposite direction," she added.
Mr Chambers welcomed the work by Ms McEntee and Mr Harris to get additional hours for the operation of GoSafe speeding vans.
Mr Chambers said it would have an immediate impact on the serious issue of speeding right across the country.
Additional reporting Will Goodbody and Mícheál Lehane
