LIVE: Tipperary motorist caught doing shocking speed on National Slow Down Day

An Garda Síochána have revealed that they have caught 125 vehicles speeding since midnight on National Slow Down Day, with one Tipperary motorist going well over the speed limit on the M7. 

An Garda Síochána, in partnership with the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and other stakeholders, is conducting a national speed enforcement operation called National Slowdown Day, which runs for 24 hours from 00:00 to 23:59 today, Wednesday April 9 2025.

So far this national slowdown day, members of An Garda Síochána, along with GoSafe Mobile and Static Safety Cameras, have detected a total of 125 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.

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Examples of high speeds detected include:

• 144km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N11 in Newcastle Co. Wicklow
• 84km/h in a 60km/h Zone in Ashbourne Co. Meath
• 110km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R445 in Portlaoise Co. Laois
• 141km/h in 100km/h Zone on the N67 in Co. Galway
• 153km/h in 120km/h Zone on the M7 in Nenagh Co. Tipperary

An Garda Síochána conducts a number of high profile national slow down days every year.

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The aim of national slow down days is to remind motorists of the dangers of speeding, encourage a national conversation on the impact of speeding, to increase overall compliance with speed limits in place nationwide and to deter and detect those that are intent on driving at excessive or inappropriate speed.