Driver doing 179kmh in 60kmh zone is just one of more than 2,800 caught speeding over 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 179kmh in a 60kmh 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 road policing operation that kicked off on Thursday morning.
Other drivers breaking the speed limits included one who was travelling at 165kmh on a 100kmh stretch of the N18 Ballinacurra (Weston), Co Limerick.
Another was detected while driving at 139kmh in a 80kmh zone on R157 Dunboyne, Co Meath, while one driver was spotted breaking the 50kmh speed limit on the R394 Milltown Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath by going at 125kmh.
Between 7am on Thursday, April 17 until 7am on Tuesday, April 22, gardai carried out more than 912 Mandatory Intoxicant Testing (MIT) checkpoints.
More than 4,500 breath tests and 213 oral fluid tests were performed that 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, Co Westmeath.
He was treated at the scene before being taken by ambulance to Mullingar Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.
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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.
And in Dublin, Jason Monks (18) was the young man named as the victim killed in a road incident involving his scrambler bike.
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