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# Road Safety

This week
21st July 2024 - 27th July 2024
Drivers urged to take extra care this summer with more tractors and machinery on the roads
23 Jul
7.1k
55
Last week
14th July 2024 - 27th July 2024
Speed limit of 60 km/h on local roads to be introduced in November
17 Jul
34.9k
88
Well-known GAA star arrested for dangerous driving and set to appear before court
16 Jul
120k
A man has died in a two car collision in County Louth
14 Jul
16.5k
This month
July 2024
Community 'heartbroken beyond words' as mother and daughter named following Mayo crash
Updated 3 Jul
85.6k
Last month
June 2024
'I am gobsmacked': TD critical after Road Safety Authority reveals it has no road safety engineers on staff
27 Jun
30.3k
Tourist who died in crash on 'confusing' Kilkenny road didn't know she was in two-way traffic
A senior roads unit policing garda said conversations were ongoing about the need to change the road for years.
Eimer McAuley
24 Jun
53.5k
RSA survey finds that seatbelt use by drivers and front-seat passengers declined last year
17 Jun
8.4k
33
May
May 2024
Public transport: 'The feeling is that those with money to spend will only come to town by car'
Andrea Horan
29 May
33.2k
69
Taoiseach to meet Irish flying doctors who have raised concerns over ambulance service
27 May
15.4k
23
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Opinion: Ireland needs helicopter emergency medicine - it’s the difference between life and death
18 hrs ago
Concerns raised that Irish emergency medicine model is 'failing' severely ill and injured people
15 May
Drivers have 'zero' fear of getting caught using mobile phones, as detection by gardaí slumps
Gardaí caught 35% fewer drivers on their phones last year than before the pandemic.
Unpublished research for government found drivers put the odds of getting caught on their phone at "close to zero".
Drivers are too addicted to their phones and too entrenched in the habit of using them to stop if there's no deterrent.
20 May
20.1k
50
Cyclist in his 70s killed in early morning crash in Dublin city centre
Updated 18 May
36.5k
Man (20s) seriously injured after collision between e-scooter and car on Dublin's quays
16 May
14.9k
There will be a 'substantial increase’ in number of speed and safety cameras on Irish roads, Harris says
Updated 15 May
21.1k
87
Concerns raised that Irish emergency medicine model is 'failing' severely ill and injured people
Other European countries routinely despatch doctors to the scene of accidents – but not Ireland.
Concerns have been raised at the highest level of government.
Consultants are calling for international 'gold standard' care for Irish patients.
Updated 15 May
11.5k
20
Irish garages have been selling devices to 'silence' unworn seatbelt alarms
Amazon, Fruugo and a Donegal garage removed products from their websites after we asked about them.
Seatbelt use is declining in Ireland - and a big factor in road deaths.
One product listing promised to 'eliminate the annoying seatbelt beep'.
Valerie Flynn
14 May
21.2k
57
Almost 200 people were arrested for driving under the influence over the Bank Holiday weekend
7 May
15.9k
54
Family death notice: Hard-hitting road safety campaign launched ahead of May Bank Holiday
Updated 2 May
16.7k
56
April
April 2024
Number of claims relating to accidents caused by uninsured drivers rose by 11% last year
29 Apr
11.8k
46
Road safety crisis: Readers share their stories of worsening driver behaviour on Irish roads
Readers told us driver behaviour, etiquette and compliance with the law has seriously deteriorated in Ireland.
We were inundated with responses from readers highlighting dangerous driver behaviour.
Mobile phone use came up again and again: you told us it's a constant problem.
Many readers said they believe change is impossible without more gardaí on the roads.
28 Apr
36.6k
100
Dangerous driving is in the news. We want to hear what you're seeing on the roads
Updated 25 Apr
16.2k
Road Safety Authority criticises reduced road policing strength - and defends ditching 'shock' ads
Updated 24 Apr
11.1k
13
Concerns raised about availability of doctors to carry out blood tests on drug driving suspects
23 Apr
7.8k
20
Motorcyclist airlifted from crash scene after suffering serious injuries in Longford
21 Apr
15.6k
Harris and RSA commit to returning average wait time for driving tests to 10 weeks
Updated 15 Apr
13.2k
New cameras that will capture people breaking red lights to be introduced in Dublin, Ryan says
Updated 15 Apr
35.3k
163
John O'Brien: We had a road safety policing model that worked, what went wrong?
John O'Brien
Updated 14 Apr
27.4k
64
All uniform gardaí to carry out 30 minutes of roads policing per shift under new directive
12 Apr
18.6k
More than 2,600 drivers found speeding over bank holiday weekend
2 Apr
24.8k
53
This year
2024
What’s driving the surge in road deaths?
Answers are beginning to emerge on what’s behind the deadly trend on Irish roads.
Drivers' behaviour and attitudes to road safety worsened during the pandemic - and stayed worse.
New research shows young people are tempted to check their phones while driving.
Valerie Flynn
30 Mar
44.9k
144
Every tenth motorist has admitted to getting behind the wheel of a car after having a drink
14 Mar
8.3k
24
Road deaths in Ireland rising faster than almost anywhere else in the EU
8 Mar
20.3k
93
19,000 fines issued last year for drivers using phones behind the wheel
10 hrs ago
5.4k
22
Fears over disqualified drivers behind the wheel as 76% ignore orders to surrender licences
It’s been suggested the figures indicate many disqualified drivers remain on the roads following conviction.
Thousands of banned drivers have ignored orders to surrender their licences in the past three years.
There have been recent cases before the courts of disqualified drivers who committed further offences.
Road safety campaigner Leo Lieghio, whose daughter Marsia was killed by a disqualified driver, called for cars to be impounded.
Valerie Flynn
20 Feb
23.3k
50
Three people killed in separate road crashes in Louth, Mayo and Derry
Updated 22 Jan
26.2k
5
One in 10 admit drink-driving - and those doing so are 'way over the limit'
19 Jan
13.6k
66
One person arrested every hour for drink or drug-driving over Christmas
4 Jan
15.0k
62
Last year
2023
Cameras to be rolled out in bus lanes next year in bid to tackle speed and misuse
23 Dec 2023
21.2k
73
Gardaí detect motorist driving 139km/h in an 80km/h zone on National Slow Down Day
22 Dec 2023
23.0k
29
Bank holiday penalty points hike not included in Road Traffic Bill going to Cabinet today
20 Dec 2023
16.5k
29
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