Two people tragically die and 283 motorists caught speeding over Bank Holiday weekend

Two people have tragically lost their lives in separate collisions over the Bank Holiday weekend, while 283 motorists were nabbed for speeding by Gardaí.

Since 7am Friday morning, Gardaí have been detecting poor driving behaviours such as driving above the speed limit as part of the October Bank Holiday road safety operation. Two people have died in two separate Fatal Road Traffic collisions within 24 hours of each other.

On Friday afternoon, a pedestrian, aged in his 50s, died following a fatal road traffic collision involving a lorry that occurred in Dublin city centre. The incident occurred on Arran Quay, close to Church St and Father Mathew Bridge, shortly after 3pm.

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A young man also lost his life following a horrific crash in Sligo during the early hours of Saturday morning. The single-vehicle collision happened on the R294 at Drimina in Tubbercurry at around 3:45am.

So far, almost 127,176 vehicles have been checked for speeding. It is positive that the majority of motorists are travelling within the designated speed, however, 283 drivers have been detected and some have been especially dangerous:

• 86km/h in a 50km/h zone on the R436, Kilcoursey, Clara, Offaly.
• 95km/h in a 60km/h zone on the N13, Carrowreagh, Bridge End, Donegal.
• 146km/h in an 80km/h zone on the R339, Glenrevagh, Oranmore, Galway.
• 157km/h in a 100km/h zone on the R238, Tromaty, Quigleys Point, Donegal.

Commenting on these detections, Chief Superintendent of the Garda National Roads Policing Bureau, Jane Humphries said, "Our October Bank Holiday roads policing operation has been underway since first thing Thursday morning and while we are generally seeing good levels of compliance with speed limits on roads around Ireland, I am gravely concerned by the risks taken by some drivers and the two fatal road traffic collisions.

"Please slow down and drive safely today and over the rest of the long weekend as so many of us take to the roads.”

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