Overview
- Gardaí said the operation detected more than 3,140 motorists speeding, including a driver clocked at 149 km/h in a 100 km/h zone on the N7 at Brownsbarn in Dublin.
- Around 140 drivers were detected or arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs during the policing action.
- Officers also recorded more than 340 breaches for mobile phone use while driving or for not wearing a seatbelt.
- Three separate crashes over the weekend killed three people and raised Ireland's year-to-date road death toll to 72.
- The operation used visible checkpoints and mandatory intoxicant testing to protect road users, and the scale of offences suggests further enforcement and public safety messaging may follow.