Driver Clocked at 99km/h in a 50 Zone at Doohamlet During Garda Bank Holiday Operation
A motorist was detected at 99km/h in a 50km/h zone on the R183 at Doohamlet on Saturday. It made An Garda Síochána's list of notable speeds for the October bank holiday weekend.
By the Monaghan Brief staff·Edited by Seamus McKenna·Published · 2 min read
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Gardaí detected a motorist travelling at 99km/h in a 50km/h zone on the R183 at Doohamlet, near Castleblayney, on Saturday, 24 October, the Anglo-Celt and Northern Sound reported.
The detection was on An Garda Síochána's list of notable speeds from the October bank holiday Roads Policing operation. The operation runs nationwide from Thursday, 22 October, to Tuesday, 27 October, with Mandatory Intoxicant Testing and high-visibility checkpoints.
National figures so far
The reports said that in the first three days of the operation:
2,311 drivers were detected speeding
77 people were arrested for driving under the influence of drink or drugs
more than 250 drivers were detected holding a mobile phone or not wearing a seatbelt
There were two fatal collisions over the weekend, bringing road deaths in Ireland this year to 153.
In the same week, Superintendent Pat O'Connell told Northern Sound that 111 motorists had been detected driving while intoxicated in Co Monaghan so far this year, 47 of them in the last three months.
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