Road safety

Police received report after 7.50am on Monday that a lorry crashed in the Moylagh Road area of Beragh

Assistant Commissioner says there is still a cohort of motorists who do not obey speed limits designed to protect vulnerable road users

Judge Andrew Cody urges council to review Clogheen zone speed limit, saying speeding vans are ‘shooting fish in a barrel’

Of the 630 drivers detected speeding, 281 were intercepted by gardaí in 24-hour road safety operation

Last day of work for many before Christmas will see gardaí enforcing enhanced speed checks

Gardaí appeal for witnesses to fatal incident at College Road

There were 40 ramming incidents in the 12 months up to the end of November, injuring 58 officers

Road Safety Authority says the 98 crashes since the beginning of 2023 did not lead to any claims for compensation or legal bills

Law closing loophole has been enacted but not yet commenced, District Judge was told when imposing 24-hour ban

More than 1,940 checkpoints carried out with 178 people arrested for driving under the influence

Increases, due to come into effect from January, are the first of their kind to be implemented since 2012

New report uses data from personal injury claims and medical records of more than 300 people awarded compensation in 2023

Incident involved car and pedestrian on the N25 at Stokestown on Sunday evening

58 people have died in 57 separate collisions involving unaccompanied learner drivers in last eight years

Figure equates to a driver offending every hour of every day, according to intoxicants-testing body

One other person taken to hospital for treatment of ‘non life-threatening’ injuries

Sean Maye is seventh person to be fatally injured this year on a 6.5km-stretch of the N17 outside Claremorris

Gardaí have seized 4,888 cars from unaccompanied learner drivers so far this year

Three other people injured in incident involving two vehicles, which happened on the N15 at Liscooley near Castlefinn

Occupant of vehicle pronounced dead at the scene after single-vehicle collision in Derryherk

‘Game-changer’ amendment would give gardaí ability to identify banned drivers who fail to surrender licences

Kerry incident coincided with World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on Sunday

Woman injured in separate Co Limerick collision last month has died in hospital

The man was visiting a relative in Glanmire when his vehicle started to roll out of the driveway

The better an automated system performs, the more complacent – and dangerous – we become behind the wheel

Crash occurred on R403 in Blackwood near Robertstown as gardaí appeal for witnesses

One driver was speeding at 94km/h in a 60km/h zone near Carrick-on-Shannon

Mary Fehilly was named locally after incident in which a car mounted the footpath on Main Street in Charleville

Anthony James Atkins (36) was originally from England but living in the Crossmaglen area, PSNI says

Incident happened on the Cullaville Road in Crossmaglen on Friday

Incident happened on the southbound carriageway between Balbriggan and Donabate

Luke Poots will be banned from midnight, after driving his tractor from his home to the court in Craigavon

Several others received serious life-threatening injuries in other collisions

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More than 1,200 drivers are caught speeding by Garda in bank holiday weekend operation

Blood-alcohol test shows ex-EirGrid chief was four times over limit when he crashed into two parked cars

Men aged 75 and 82 died following collision between car and lorry

Gardai appeal for any witnesses to incident in Drimina, Tubbercurry, Co Sligo, to come forward

Drivers will be monitored at two ‘high-collision’ sites from Friday

Report outlines ‘unsustainable’ funding model at the Road Safety Authority and suggests it be overhauled with some some functions transfering to the Department of Transport