Over this bank holiday period, gardaí carried out over 880 mandatory intoxicant testing (MIT) checkpoints which led to over 218 arrests for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.
60 of those were detected between 7am on Monday and 7am yesterday.
Throughout the October bank holiday weekend, an extensive Garda Roads Policing Operation was in place between 7am on Thursday to 7am yesterday.
There were three fatalities on the roads during this period and 15 serious collisions took place that resulted in a number of people receiving serious and life-threatening injuries.
Throughout the weekend, over 2,150 drivers were detected for speeding offences.
Notable top speeds detected include:
- 167km/h in an 80km/h zone on the R162, Leggagh, Castletown, Co. Meath;
- 159km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N24 at Carrick-On-Suir, Co. Tipperary;
- 146km/h in an 80km/h zone on the R339, Glenrevagh, Oranmore, Co. Galway.
512 vehicles were seized by gardaí for a range of…
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