Gardai revoke speeding charges & penalty points issued to 914 motorists on busy stretch over ‘much regretted' error

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HUNDREDS of speeding fines were revoked today after an error with a static safety camera.
Gardai have started informing the affected motorists that the fines and penalty points issued for speeding offences on the N25 in
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Gardai have written to the affected motorists over fixed charge notices
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During the period of May 30 to June 30 it was reported that 914 fixed charge notices were issued.
Of the 914 fixed charge notices that were issued, 128 were paid, and penalty points were applied; 56 of these notices were paid, but the error was discovered before the penalty points were applied.
And the remaining 730 notices were not paid; therefore, no penalty points were applied.
The error was rectified immediately upon its discovery on June 30 and the camera has resumed operations with detections from July 4 being valid.
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The cops stated that they take full responsibility for the error and have completed a review of all offence locations associated with static and average
It only impacted the static camera on the N25, no other cameras were affected.
But there is set to be more oversight over the FCN processing system's verification of crime locations before any more static or average safety cameras are activated.
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However, they can contact the FCN Help Desk at 0818 50 60 80 if they have any concerns.
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No summons were issued relating to non-payment of these fines within the prescribed time.
David Harrington, Chief Superintendent Roads Policing, said: "An Garda Siochana is very conscious of our statutory responsibility for road safety and is committed to delivering a professional policing service to enforcement of speeding via a variety of speed safety cameras.
"This error is very much regretted. An Garda Siochana continues to work steadfastly with all our partners in Road Safety endeavouring to reduce the human toll of road deaths and serious injuries on our roads."
'HUMAN ERROR'
In a statement a garda spokesperson said: "An Garda Siochana has today begun the process of writing to motorists to inform them that fines and penalty points issued to them for speeding offences on the N25 in Kilkenny detected by the static speed safety camera system between 30th May 2025 and 30th June 2025 are being revoked.
"914 speeding fixed charge notices were issued over this period.
"Of the 914 fixed charge notices issued - 128 notices were paid and penalty points applied, 56 were paid however the error was identified prior to penalty points being applied, and of the remaining 730 notices that were issued, no payment was made prior to the error being identified, therefore no penalty points were applied.
"Following a query on June 30 2025, An Garda Síochana confirmed an error with the offence location on Fixed Charge Notices emanating from the Static Safety Camera located on the N25, Kilkenny.
"This error is a result of human error when inputting the offence location onto the processing system.
'ERROR RECTIFIED'
"The error was rectified immediately upon its discovery on the 30th June 2025 and the Static Safety Camera resumed operations with detections from the 4th July 2025 being valid.
"An Garda Siochana take full responsibility for this error and have completed a review of all offence locations associated with Static and Average Safety Cameras.
"This error only affected the static camera on the N25.
"Additional oversight has been introduced in relation to the verification of offence locations on the FCN processing system prior to any additional static/average safety cameras going live."
The spokesperson also stated that they have informed the Departments of Justice and
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This comes after Gardai revoked fines and penalty points for
Some 1,871 speeding fixed charge notices were issued between December 20, 2024, and February 12, 2025.
It is standard procedure that all cameras used for speeding detection have valid calibration certificates issued by GoSafe.
The camera was certified on February 13 and has been operational since February 14.