Gardaí voice concern over increase in road deaths
Six more people have lost their lives so far this year when compared to 2018′s fatalities.
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Six more people have lost their lives so far this year when compared to 2018′s fatalities.
“They could be relations of mine or yours.”
23,949 people have died on Irish roads since records began in 1959.
165 people died on Irish roads compared to 193 in 2014.
The memorial took place at 12:15 this afternoon.
Latest figures show an increase in road deaths overall for the first seven months of 2014 compared to last year.
A complex rescue operation was simulated by volunteer emergency service people at college campus to hit home with road safety message.
0These locations will receive “targeted enforcement” as part of a new Garda campaign.
The North Wall Quay is closed in both directions this morning with forensic collision investigators on the scene.
Twenty-one of the so far 91 deaths on Irish roads this year happened on a Friday.
“The speed limit is not a target that must be achieved,” the Garda Assistant Commissioner has warned.
As six people died on our roads over Christmas, it has been revealed that the Garda Traffic Corps has seen its numbers reduced to under 1,000 at present.
The new limit aims to make the city centre more pedestrian and shopper friendly.
Six people were killed on the roads over the five-day period while 267 were arrested for drink driving.