# Roads policing

Last year

2022

Almost 3,000 drivers detected speeding over Bank Holiday weekend, new figures show

173 arrests being made for alleged instances of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol over the course of the weekend.

16.7k

Aug 5th 2022, 6:53 PM

All time

# Road Safety

Garda Commissioner cites lack of resources as he delays 136 transfers to roads policing

The Road Safety Authority says it is “anxious” to see the full complement of resources being deployed to roads policing duties.

26.9k

Jan 11th 2020, 10:00 PM

# Roads policing

Someone lying about their insurance or licence at a garda checkpoint? There's an app for that

The app has been in a trial period for a number of months

37.7k

Aug 1st 2019, 3:20 PM

# Driving under the influence

15 people were arrested on suspicion of drink-driving on Christmas night

The arrests were made between midnight and 9am this morning.

54.2k

Updated

Dec 26th 2018, 4:33 PM

# Numbers Game

Gardaí release number of drink driving arrests - 15,000 more than previously published

Currently all crime data released by the gardaí is considered to be ‘under reservation’, ie of insufficient quality, by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

26.9k

Sep 24th 2018, 12:05 AM

# Roads policing

Driver at scene of M50 collision had fake driving licence and tested positive for drugs

The man was arrested and had his car impounded by gardaí.

40.9k

Sep 15th 2018, 3:50 PM

# Roads policing

Senior traffic garda singles out gardaí he believes aren't issuing enough fines

Management has been accused of “going down a dangerous road” if it is judging performance purely based on these statistics.

62.1k

Aug 31st 2018, 12:07 AM

# on the roads

There are going to be 87 more gardaí on Ireland's roads

The appointments come as part of the force’s Modernisation and Renewal Programme 2016-2021.

16.8k

May 1st 2018, 12:01 PM