Gardaí caught a driver travelling at 194km per hour in a 100km zone during a National Slow Down Day operation.
Over 750 drivers were caught speeding on National Slow Down Day.
The national Garda campaign - supported by the Road Safety Authority - ran from 7am yesterday to 7am today.
Over the course of the 24 hours, over 163,000 vehicles were checked – and 755 of those were found to be over the speed limit.
One driver was detected doing 194km per hour in a 100km zone on the N25 in Castlemartyr, Co Cork.
Gardaí found another motorist driving 112km per hour in a 50km zone on Main Street, Charleville, also in Cork.
National Slow Down Day
Gardaí said the aim of the operation is to “promote safer driving behaviour among motorists and to encourage all of society to work with us to help prevent road traffic collisions and to ultimately keep communities safe”.
They continue to appeal to motorists to slow down to save lives - after an almost 10-year high in road deaths last year.
Some 63 people have died on Irish roads so far this year, compared to 49 by the same time in 2023.
'Reckless' culture on Irish roads
Minister of State for Transport Jack Chambers previously told Newstalk there is a “culture of recklessness” on Irish roads causing fatalities.
“We know there is a culture of recklessness on our roads – people taking a chance whether that’s speeding or checking their phone,” he said.
“We're bringing a safer default baseline for speeding, particularly for those roads that can fit only one car, those winding rural roads where we see a lot of accidents.
“We’re also working with the RSA in campaigns and advertising to bring that wider awareness.
“People are aware of it but there are still a high number of people recklessly taking a chance, trying to save an extra few seconds, risking their own lives and others’ lives.”
Critics of the Road Safety Act have said the legislation could lead to “self-evidently stupid speed limits” and the only way to prevent road deaths is increased Garda presence.
