Driver detected travelling at 115km/h in 50km/h zone

Gardaí have renewed their appeal to road users to take extra care over the August Bank Holiday.

A roads policing operation, which began on Thursday morning, will continue until tomorrow morning.

One driver was detected travelling at 172km/h in a 120km/h zone and another driver in Clontarf in Dublin was detected at 115km/h in a 50km/h zone.

Over 18,000 vehicles were seized by gardaí where the driver was found to have no insurance, no driving licence, no NCT/CVRT or where they were an unaccompanied learner driver.

Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Garda Superintendent Liam Geraghty said two road deaths in Carlow and Donegal yesterday underlined the dangers of road travel posed over bank holiday weekends.

"Bank holiday weekends are dangerous times on our roads. There's a lot more traffic moving around on our roads. We are out there carrying out enforcement campaign," he said.

Supt Geraghty said that up to yesterday, more than 2,500 drivers had been detected for speeding and 88 people were found to have been driving under the influence of an intoxicant.

"I would anticipate that number of people arrested for driving under the influence of intoxicants will be in excess of 120 once our formal statistics come in this morning," he said.

Figures show that over 119,000 fixed charge notices have been issued for speeding between 1 January and 30 June this year.

Also during that time, over 14,500 fixed charge notices were issued for using a mobile phone while driving and over 3,000 fixed charge notices were issued for not wearing a seatbelt.

Over 18,000 vehicles were seized by gardaí where the driver was found to have no insurance, no driving licence, no NCT/CVRT or where they were an unaccompanied learner driver.