Driver doing 179kph in 60kph zone is just one of more than 2,800 caught speeding over the weekend
Gardai have released details of the worst offenders clocked over the course of their roads policing operation that kicked off on Thursday morning
A driver caught doing 179kph in a 60kph zone in Co Longford was just one of more than 2,800 people caught speeding over the Easter bank holiday weekend.
Gardai have released details of the worst offenders clocked over the course of their roads policing operation that kicked off on Thursday morning.
Other drivers topping the speeding list included the one who was travelling at 165kph on a 100kph stretch of the N18 Ballinacurra (Weston), Co Limerick.
Another was busted while driving at 139kph in a 80kph zone on R157 Dunboyne, Co Meath, while one driver was spotted breaking the 50kh speed limit on the R394 Milltown Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath by going at 125kph.
Between 7am on Thursday, April 17 until 7am on Tuesday, April 22, gardai carried out more than 912 Mandatory Intoxicant Testing (MIT) checkpoints.
Over 4,500 breath tests and 213 oral fluid tests were performed which led to 149 arrests for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.
Fixed Charge Offences for other road offences over the four days included 22 for mobile phone use, more than 160 unaccompanied learner drivers and 73 for not wearing. Seatbelt.
In addition, 109 vehicles were seized from learner permit holders driving unaccompanied while 438 vehicles were seized for having no tax or insurance
There were also three fatalities during the same period and 11 serious collisions that resulted in 12 people receiving serious and life-threatening injuries.
One young boy died after being struck by a car in Mullingar, Co Westmeath shortly after 6.30pm on Monday in Farranshock Estate, Mullingar.
He was treated at the scene before being taken by ambulance to Mullingar Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.
The Coroner has been notified, and a post-mortem examination will be arranged.
The scene is currently preserved for examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators.
Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the collision to come forward.
In a separate collision in Sligo, a nine-year-old boy, a three-year-old girl and two women were seriously injured in a crash.
The incident was followed by a separate collision in Co Limerick in which a motorcyclist, aged in his 20s, died.
A fourth collision took place in Co Kilkenny on Sunday in which another man, aged in his 30s, suffered serious injuries following a collision involving a car and a motorcycle.
Gardaí were called to the scene of the collision in Co Sligo on Monday between two cars on the N59 in Ballysadare in Sligo around 2.30pm.
Two women, one aged in her 40s and the other in her 20s, and the two children were brought to Sligo University Hospital with serious injuries.
The driver and sole occupant of the second car, a woman in her 50s, was brought to the hospital for assessment.
In Co Limerick a man, aged in his 20s, died following a collision between a motorcycle and a car.
The incident took place in Ardagh village at the intersection of the R521 and R523. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was removed to University Hospital Limerick where a postmortem will take place.
The male driver of the car was brought to University Hospital Kerry for treatment for non-life-threatening injuries.
Meanwhile, the incident in Kilkenny took place around 12.40pm on Sunday afternoon on the R448 at Knockwilliam.
The motorcyclist involved in the collision, a man in his 30s, was taken to the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, where he remains in serious condition.
No injuries were reported as a result of the collision.
Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to this incident to come forward.
Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling in the area at the time are asked to make this footage available to investigating gardaí.
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