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More than 1,300 checkpoints were put in place in the last week (file pic)

Driver at 141km/h in 60km/h among speeding detections

A motorist has been caught speeding at more than twice the limit on a regional road in Co Cavan.

The hearing heard Go Safe monitoring staff are not required to watch equipment in the van at all times

Go Safe van operators challenge rest break entitlement

The operators of Go Safe speed detection vans have used their time in the vans during speed monitoring sessions to learn musical instruments and to study for diplomas and degrees

Business • 12 Oct 22

Gardaí are asking motorists to drive safely as part of National Slow Down Day (file pic)

653 motorists caught speeding on 'Slow Down' day

A motorist has been detected driving 142km/h in a 120km/h zone during the first two hours of a National Slow Down Day campaign.

Ireland • 11 Dec 20

Gardaí say the operation aims to make roads safer

Car detected travelling at 202km/h on Dublin's M50

Figures from gardaí show that 693 vehicles have been detected travelling in excess of the speed limit during the first few hours of National Slow Down Day, with one motorist caught doing 202km/h on the M50 in Dublin.

Ireland • 22 May 20

Gardaí are enforcing speed limits today as part of National Slow Down Day

46% increase in number of drivers detected speeding

There was a 46% increase in the number of drivers detected speeding on the roads in the first three months of this year, compared to the same period last year.

Ireland • 24 May 19

Shane Ross said the general scheme of the bill was approved at the Cabinet meeting

Ross denies he 'took a kicking' over speeding proposals

The Minister for Transport has hit out at reports that he was severely criticised by Cabinet colleagues this morning over his proposals to increase fines and penalty points for speeding.

Politics • 18 Dec 18

An average of 50 speeding offences a day are recorded in the Port Tunnel

Van driver caught speeding three times in 90 minutes

Gardaí enforcing the new average speed limit in the Port Tunnel in Dublin have caught one van driver speeding three times in a 90-minute period.

Dublin • 30 Jun 17

Noirín O'Sullivan says GoSafe cameras are achieving the objective of compliance behaviour

PAC told GoSafe camera system is working

Interim Garda Commissioner Noirín O'Sullivan has told the Public Accounts Committee that the reason that receipts from speeding tickets are down is because drivers are observing the speed limits in those areas.

News • 10 Jul 14

GoSafe vans monitored 75,000 vehicles during the 24-hour period

Operation Slowdown reduces speeding by almost 50%

There was an almost 50% reduction in the number of people caught speeding last week during an operation by gardaí to target those who were driving too fast.

News • 13 Jul 12

Operation Slowdown gets under way at 7am on Friday

Garda operation to target speeding drivers

A 24-hour garda operation to crack down on speeding motorists will get under way on Friday.

News • 03 Jul 12

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