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Donegal motorists hit with speeding offences on National Slow Down Day

Four Donegal drivers were among those who were stopped for speeding on National Slow Down Day. Today marks the final National Slow Down Day of 2023 and in the first five hours, GoSafe checked the speed of 28,569 vehicles and detected 120 travelling ...

22 Dec 2023 at 13:48

Local News

Review of Inishowen speed limits open for submissions

A review of speed limits in Inishowen is open for submissions until later this month. Donegal County Council held a drop-in event at the Carndonagh public service centre last week. The local authority has thanked members of the public who attended ...

14 Nov 2022 at 13:56

Local News

Speed Limit Bye-Law Public Consultation to commence in Donegal

Donegal County Council will commence a Speed Limit Public Consultation for the Draft Road Traffic (Special Speed Limits) (County Donegal) (Amendment) Bye-Laws 2024 from Thursday, August 1. This coincides with Road Traffic Act 2024 and the phased ...

27 Jul 2024 at 11:00

National News

Driver arrested after speeding double the limit in Kildare

A driver has been arrested in Kildare after being caught speeding twice the legal limit. Gardaí from Naas, Co Kildare caught the driver on the R148 by Kilcock yesterday. The driver, who had no car insurance, was going at 167kp/h in an 80kp/h ...

01 Mar 2024 at 06:20

National News

Three year old child not safely fastened in car going twice the speed limit

A car detected travelling over twice the speed limit has been seized by Gardaí. Gardaí in Roscommon clocked the vehicle travelling at 103km/h in a 50km/h zone this morning (March 6), with the driver pulled over further on in a 30km/h zone. ...

06 Mar 2024 at 15:43

National News

Speed limits reduced across Irish roads as part of plan to reduce deaths

Speed limits are being reduced on hundreds of rural roads in the Republic of Ireland as part of a Government plan to tackle the number of road deaths. Thousands of new road speed signs show that limits will decrease from 80km/h (50mph) to ...

07 Feb 2025 at 11:30

Inishowen

Arguments for and against new speed limit reductions in Inishowen

The speed limit on rural local roads has been reduced from 80 kilometres per hour to 60 kilometres per hour. The move is the first of a series of planned reductions under the ‘Slower Speeds, Safer Roads’ initiative, announced by new ...

08 Feb 2025 at 08:59

'They have money for drink and drugs,' calls to hit young people in the pocket

National News

'They have money for drink and drugs,' calls to hit Tipperary young people in the pocket

Tipperary's councillors were divided on Monday over national legislation which will reduce speed limits across the nation's road network - with the majority of elected representatives rejecting the decision and arguing that ...

20 Oct 2024 at 15:42

National News

Ireland going backwards on road safety, Varadkar warns

The Taoiseach has called for a return of shock safe driving adverts as he warned that Ireland has gone backwards on road safety. Leo Varadkar was commenting after proposals to lower speed limits on many roads were outlined ...

06 Sept 2023 at 18:22

National News

Drew Harris: drivers who ‘excessively’ break speed limits should face suspension

Drivers who “excessively” break speed limits should face suspension rather than fixed fines, the Garda Commissioner has said. Drew Harris was speaking about actions gardai have taken to tackle an increase in road ...

25 Apr 2024 at 18:04

National News

Driver caught more than 30kmh over speed limit in Dublin for National Slow Down Day

A driver has been caught travelling 111kmh in a 80kmh zone in Dublin this morning as part of the National Slow Down Day. National Slow Down Day is a Garda operation, urging drivers to stay safe on Irish roads ...

19 Apr 2024 at 11:49

National News

Motorist driving at 'incredible' speed of almost 200km/h arrested by Gardai

The driver of a car travelling at a speed almost double the motorway limit has been arrested by Gardai. According to An Garda Síochána, the motorist was caught this morning (Monday March 21) by Naas Roads ...

21 Mar 2022 at 13:29

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