Garda speed van detections clocked up over €3.3m in fines from motorists in Tipperary
That's according to speeding fines figures covering 30 months obtained by Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú
Garda speed vans collected over €3.3m from speeding motorists in 30 months in Tipperary with the county raking in the second highest fines revenue from this form of speeding detection.
That's according to figures released by Fianna Fáil MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú who has called for a get tough approach to those caught speeding on rural roads as Garda speed vans collected over €32 million euros nationally in 30 months.
Ireland South MEP has called for a greater concentration of speed vans at accident black spots and on our rural roads where speeding is dramatically impacting on road safety.
The EU Transport Committee MEP made her calls as Gardaí released figures to her showing that €32,437,002 has been collected in fines from Garda speed vans between January 2023, and June 8th, 2025.
Ní Mhurchú questioned why revenue from speed vans across all garda districts fell by 15.9% between 2023 and 2024.
Garda figures released to Ní Mhurchu also show that gardaí paid out over €44m euro to private speed camera operators between the start of 2023 and up to August 18th , 2025, meaning that the Garda speed van system is operating at an overall loss.
The Garda figures show that speed vans in Tipperary garda districts collected €3,322,880 in 30 months.
Garda District
2023 2024 2025 up to June 8
Nenagh 1,385,360 864,080, 171,840
Cahir 115,040 158,800, 21,680
Thurles 134,640 129,840 30,800
Clonmel 148,640 97,040 16,640
Tipperary 19,360 21,520 7,760
TOTAL 1,802,880, 1,271,280, 248,720
Yearly breakdown per Garda district of the revenue generated(€) from speed vans from January 01st 2023- June 8th 2025.