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# Speed Cameras

This year
2023
Use of speed cameras to increase by 20% following 'worrying increase' in road deaths
Justice Minister Helen McEntee said an additional €1.2 million is to be allocated for GoSafe vans to provide extra monitoring.
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Sep 4th 2023, 5:24 PM
Last year
2022
Gardaí identify 61 new locations to park speed camera vans from next week
The new zones are coming into effect in 23 counties.
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Jul 21st 2022, 2:53 PM
New cameras which clock your average speed go live on Irish motorway today
The system is in place on the M7 in Tipperary between Junction 26 and Junction 27.
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Apr 25th 2022, 7:15 AM
New cameras which clock your average speed to go live on Irish motorway next week
The system will be in place on the M7 in Tipperary between Junction 26 and Junction 27.
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Apr 19th 2022, 5:20 PM
All time
Ulster's athletic 'hybrid' Timoney earns Ireland shot with determined progress
The 25-year-old moved to Ulster in 2017 and hasn’t looked back since.
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Jun 29th 2021, 6:15 AM
Over 900 new speed camera zones come into operation today
The new zones include areas where fatal and serious collisions have previously occurred.
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Feb 17th 2020, 6:05 AM
Siptu members in GoSafe suspend industrial action at request of WRC
The dispute centres on pay, working conditions and union recognition.
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Nov 11th 2019, 5:48 PM
Disruption to be 'minimised' ahead of GoSafe strike this weekend
The strike by some GoSafe workers will begin tomorrow morning.
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Oct 25th 2019, 8:15 AM
Motorists urged to 'respect speed limits' as strike by speed camera van operators to go ahead
The 24-hour strike takes place from 6am tomorrow.
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Sep 27th 2019, 3:52 PM
Speed cameras in Port Tunnel catching 250 drivers on a monthly basis
The average speed cameras at the tunnel came into force in May.
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Aug 6th 2017, 6:50 AM
Where in Ireland gets the most penalty points?
We’ll give you three guesses…
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Jun 13th 2015, 6:00 PM
Almost 500 Irish drivers caught speeding in just 24 hours
Gardaí have checked more than 100,000 vehicles since yesterday morning.
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Mar 28th 2015, 11:45 AM
Minister: Speed vans aren't about making money, honest
Dara Murphy denied the cameras are strategically located in areas where speed limits increase.
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Mar 4th 2015, 12:37 PM
'Ignoring' the system gives speeders an 86% chance of avoiding punishment
John O’Brien, the former head of the Garda Traffic Corps, told the PAC that GSOC failed to act on foot of a report he carried out on the penalty points system in 2008.
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Jun 19th 2014, 4:55 PM
PAC will be examining penalty points and speed cameras today
What else will the folks on Kildare Street be discussing?
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Jun 19th 2014, 9:00 AM
Speed cameras record more than 7,000 hours of driving each month
There are 727 “speed enforcement zones” throughout the country.
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Apr 16th 2014, 11:38 AM
These are the top ten spots where drivers speed in Dublin
0These locations will receive “targeted enforcement” as part of a new Garda campaign.
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Sep 30th 2013, 10:00 PM
New speed cameras collect €10million in fines
The cameras run by a private operator were introduced in November 2010.
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Feb 8th 2012, 8:36 PM
In numbers: Thousands more drivers caught speeding
Almost 100,000 drivers have been given penalty points so far this year after new speed cameras were introduced.
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Aug 5th 2011, 9:50 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: A hoax text message spreads panic in Asia, the Taoiseach and Tanaiste head to the USA for Saint Patrick’s Day and how happy twits flock together.
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Mar 16th 2011, 8:19 AM
Gardaí seek witnesses to firebomb attack on speed camera van
A ‘GoSafe’ van on the N11 near Gorey is extensively damaged in a fire that Gardaí believe was started deliberately.
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Mar 14th 2011, 12:05 PM
Garda commissioner condemns arson attack on Dundalk camera
Fachtna Murphy slams the attack on a mobile speed camera outside Dundalk, while a staff member was on board.
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Nov 26th 2010, 12:09 PM
The week in photos
Some of the week’s biggest stories in pictures.
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Nov 19th 2010, 4:18 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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Nov 15th 2010, 4:56 PM
Rush to check speed cameras crashes Garda website... but we've got the map
Motorists flood site to see list of 600 sites to be monitored by new privatised mobile cameras.
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Nov 15th 2010, 9:30 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: the bailout’s on (or maybe it’s not); Sarah Palin’s new reality show airs in the US – and do the unemployed really earn more than the average industrial wage?
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Nov 15th 2010, 8:35 AM
Garda website crashes under demand for speed camera map
Swarms of visitors crash the Garda website as a map of new mobile speed cameras goes live.
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Nov 12th 2010, 8:08 PM