An Garda Síochána is conducting a dedicated road traffic enforcement operation throughout the Christmas period

Average speed cameras work by monitoring a vehicle's speed over the distance of the safety camera zone

The Garda Commissioner has pledged to crack down on the number of drivers who speed.

A new static speed camera will be in operation by the end of the year on the N17, northeast of Claremorris, in a bid to cut down on the number of deaths on our roads.

The need for more speed cameras has been highlighted

A motorist was arrested after travelling 166 kilometres per hour (kph) in a 100 kph zone on a County Roscommon road in recent days. Roscommon Roads Policing Unit was carrying out speed checks in Boyle when they detected the offence.

Thirty-three vehicles have been detected speeding so far on National Slow Down Day