A DRIVER CLOCKED at 174km/h in a 100km/h zone in Limerick was among thousands caught speeding over the October Bank Holiday weekend, according to new figures from a garda road safety campaign.

The five-day campaign, which ran from 7am last Thursday to 7am yesterday, coincided with a weekend that saw one fatality and seven serious collisions resulting in eight people being seriously injured.

As part of the nationwide operation, gardaí carried out 820 drink and drug checkpoints, conducting over 4,790 breath tests and 215 oral fluid tests.

A total of 153 people were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant.

More than 3,000 drivers were detected speeding, including one motorist travelling at 91km/h in a 50km/h zone in Santry, Dublin.

Another driver was found travelling at 127km/h in a 60km/h zone in Stranorlar, Donegal, and one motorist was clocked doing 134km/h in an 80km/h zone in Broadford, Kildare.

Fixed Charge Notices were also issued by gardaí for a range of other offences, including 300 for drivers caught using their mobile phones, more than 140 for unaccompanied learner drivers, and over 80 for not wearing seatbelts.

During the same period, gardaí seized 87 vehicles from unaccompanied learner permit holders and over 345 vehicles for having no tax or insurance.

To date, 140 people have lost their lives on Irish roads this year, just one fewer than the same point in 2024.

Gardaí have once again appealed to drivers to slow down, avoid driving under the influence, and always wear a seatbelt.