Overview
- Gardaí recorded more than 1,400 speeding detections in the first 48 hours of the Easter road-safety campaign.
- Officers arrested 66 people on suspicion of drink or drug driving, and nearly 170 more were flagged for holding a phone or not wearing a seatbelt.
- Notable cases included 141 km/h in a 100 zone near Killarney, 115 km/h in an 80 zone in Co Wexford, 81 km/h in a 60 zone on the N11, and 73 km/h in a 50 zone in Dublin 2.
- Police are running Mandatory Intoxicant Testing checkpoints and high-visibility patrols, with the operation scheduled to run until 7am Tuesday.
- Gardaí and the Road Safety Authority urged extra care around people walking and cycling, and they reported no traffic fatalities so far.