Almost 85,000 vehicles have been checked for speeding as part of a Garda operation for the August Bank Holiday weekend.
The detection operation has been ongoing since Thursday morning with 211 drivers detected over the speed limit.
Gardaí say while the majority of motorists are travelling within designated speeds, some have been especially dangerous:
- 87km/h in a 50km/h zone in Murntown, Co Wexford
- 106km/h in a 60km/h zone on the Monaghan Road, Castleblayney, Co Monaghan
- 141km/h in an 80km/h zone on the N81 at Tullow, Co Carlow
- 196km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N55 at Kilcogy, Co Cavan.
Garda National Roads Policing Bureau Chief Superintendent Jane Humphries said motorists need to think of others.
"Our August Bank Holiday roads policing operation has been underway since first thing yesterday morning and while we are generally seeing good levels of compliance with speed limits on roads around Ireland, I am gravely concerned by the risks taken by some drivers," she said.
"Anyone that is prepared to drive at dangerously excessive speeds like those we’ve already detected, has the potential to destroy lives – if not their own, others too.
"We are out conducting checkpoints and using our technology to detect those speeding nationwide.
"Speeding is one of the foremost dangerous driving behaviours, along with using your phone while driving and being distracted," she added.
Motorists are being urged to slow down and drive safely throughout the weekend.
Official figures show 113 people have been killed on Irish roads this year - 13 more than the same period last year.
