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Road Safety

Over 2,200 drivers caught speeding in one week as gardaí ramp up Christmas road safety campaign

14 Dec 2024

12.8k

checkpoints

More than 2,600 drivers found speeding over bank holiday weekend

2 Apr 2024

24.9k

Drunk Driving

Gardaí arrested 914 people for driving while intoxicated during Christmas period

14 Jan 2022

13.9k

Long Weekend

Gardaí say family and holiday home visits are not essential journeys ahead of Easter weekend

31 Mar 2021

48.6k

latest figures

Gardaí issue fines worth around €2.3 million for Covid-19 breaches

26 Mar 2021

18.1k

St Patrick's Day

Security operation underway to prevent planned lockdown protests

17 Mar 2021

37.8k

132

Paddy's Day

People asked to stay home this St Patrick's Day as 2,500 gardaí to be on duty nationwide

Updated 16 Mar 2021

45.1k

167

Fines

Over 9,800 fines issued by gardaí relating to Covid-19 breaches

26 Feb 2021

16.7k

restrictions

Over 7,950 fines issued by gardaí relating to Covid-19 breaches

19 Feb 2021

18.7k

travel restrictions

Approximately 1,500 fines issued by gardaí for non-essential travel since 11 January

25 Jan 2021

21.6k

restrictions

Over 770 fines issued by gardaí for non-essential travel since 11 January

22 Jan 2021

17.3k

travel restrictions

Over 400 fines issued by gardaí for non-essential travel since last Monday

Updated 18 Jan 2021

43.1k

level 5

Gardaí to carry out checkpoints within local areas as country enters Level 5 restrictions

31 Dec 2020

105k

operation fanacht

Over 100 garda checkpoints in operation every day as country enters Level 3

30 Nov 2020

70.4k

operation fanacht

Motorists urged to slow down when approaching Garda checkpoints

29 Oct 2020

36.1k

Covid-19

Advice vs Law: Here's how gardaí are permitted to enforce the new Level 3 restrictions

David Kenny

7 Oct 2020

66.8k

checkpoints

Long tailbacks reported as Operation Fanacht gets underway

7 Oct 2020

77.0k

Pubs

138 pubs now facing potential prosecution over possible breaches in Covid-19 regulations

19 Aug 2020

34.8k

Under investigation

126 pubs facing criminal prosecution for flouting Covid guidelines

12 Aug 2020

65.7k

checkpoints

People living in Kildare, Laois and Offaly told to expect garda checkpoints enforcing new restrictions

7 Aug 2020

82.1k

There have been 100 incidents of spitting or coughing against gardaí since 8 April

16 Jun 2020

7.2k

An Garda Síochána

There have been 88 incidents of spitting or coughing against gardaí

2 Jun 2020

11.6k

operation fanacht

'Speed limits still apply': Thousands of checkpoints in operation to ensure compliance with restrictions

28 Apr 2020

30.0k

checkpoint charlie

The million euro checkpoints: How Covid-19 garda stops have resulted in large seizures of drugs on Irish roads

23 Apr 2020

41.6k

checkpoints

Gardaí urge people to stay home as temperatures set to reach 20 degrees in some areas

11 Apr 2020

55.2k

114

Road Safety

One in four arrested for driving while intoxicated on Christmas Day were suspected drug-drivers

26 Dec 2019

28.5k

Operation Thor

Vehicles seized across the country as gardaí carry out checkpoints in lead up to Christmas period

1 Dec 2019

68.8k

breath test scandal

RSA says people may have been killed or injured because of falsified breath tests

3 Nov 2017

11.1k

representative body

Garda Superintendent says new report of 400,000 more falsified breath tests 'could be described as a guesstimate'

2 Nov 2017

15.1k

down down down

'Austerity cost lives': Drink driving convictions in Ireland fell MASSIVELY in the last 10 years

31 Jul 2017

24.1k

Co Kildare

Four arrested for suspected drink driving in garda crackdown overnight

26 Feb 2017

22.0k

checkpoints

21 people died on Irish roads last month

2 Aug 2016

9.6k

checkpoints

Speeding and drink driving: Gardaí out in force for bank holiday weekend

30 Jul 2016

15.8k

checkpoints

Gardaí clamp down on motorists without correct tax and insurance

4 Jul 2016

78.7k

138

out in force

Learner driver told gardaí 'I only had 3 or 4 pints' at drink driving checkpoint

5 Jun 2016

64.1k

checkpoints

Driving this morning? ... Gardaí are carrying out a '24-hour speed enforcement marathon'

16 Apr 2015

23.8k

slow down

Almost 500 Irish drivers caught speeding in just 24 hours

28 Mar 2015

27.7k

checkpoints

Here's why people can only use their cars every second day now in Paris

17 Mar 2014

22.0k

out of time

195 people penalised (and this van seized) in two-day garda blitz

31 Jan 2014

23.0k

Speeding

Operation Slowdown detects 364 drivers speeding over 24-hour period

26 Oct 2013

12.7k

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