Driver Caught at 140km/h on the N2 at Castleblayney as Bank Holiday Arrests Hit 218
A driver was clocked at 140km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N2 at Castleblayney during the October bank holiday operation. Gardaí made 218 drink and drug driving arrests and caught 4,842 drivers speeding nationally.
By the Monaghan Brief staff·Edited by Seamus McKenna·Published · 2 min read
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Gardaí detected a driver travelling at 140km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N2 at Castleblayney during the October bank holiday Roads Policing operation. Northern Sound reports the detection was made on Tuesday, 27 October. It was one of the notable speeds Gardaí published when they released the final figures for the operation, which ran from Thursday, 22 October, to Tuesday, 27 October.
National figures
According to Garda figures reported by Extra.ie and Northern Sound, over the six days:
218 people were arrested on suspicion of drink or drug driving
4,842 drivers were detected speeding
391 drivers were caught using a mobile phone and 109 weren't wearing a seatbelt
three people died in three separate collisions
Road deaths in Ireland this year now stand at 154. Another notable speed from the weekend was 122km/h in an 80km/h zone on the N51 in Navan, Co Meath. Gardaí say all the figures are provisional.
Earlier in the same operation, a driver was clocked at 99km/h in a 50km/h zone at Doohamlet, also near Castleblayney. Gardaí and the Road Safety Authority are asking drivers to slow down and to take extra care around pedestrians and cyclists as the evenings get darker.
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