More than 2,000 motorists were caught speeding over the course of the Bank Holiday weekend, with hundreds also arrested for drink driving.
One of the worst speeding offences over the weekend was a motorist caught driving 146km/h in an 80km/h zone on the R339 at Glenrevagh, Oranmore.
An Garda Síochána carried out a special roads policing operation between 7am on Thursday, October 24 and 7am on Tuesday, October 29.
There were three fatalities on our roads during this period and 15 serious collisions took place that resulted in a number of people receiving serious and life-threatening injuries.
Over this Bank Holiday period, Gardaí carried out over 880 Mandatory Intoxicant Testing (MIT) checkpoints which led to over 218 arrests for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.
60 of those were detected between 7am on Monday and 7am on Tuesday. Throughout the weekend, over 2,150 drivers were detected for speeding offences.
512 vehicles were seized by Gardaí for a range of offences under the Road Traffic Act, 1961.
More than 40 drivers were arrested for dangerous driving.
Fixed Charge Notices for other road offences during this period included:
• Using a mobile phone – 209
• Unaccompanied learner drivers – More than 200
• No Seatbelts – Over 75
• No tax or insurance – Over 375
