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DURING THE CURRENT cold spell, 375 drivers have been detected speeding.
One of these motorists was clocked at more than twice the speed limit on the Navan Road in Dublin, travelling at 121km/hr in a 60km/hr zone.
It’s led gardaí to appeal to drivers to slow down during the ongoing period of cold weather.
Met Éireann has issued a new Status Orange weather warning for 15 counties tonight ahead of more “extremely cold” weather.
A garda spokesperson said: “As is continuously highlighted speed limits are not targets.
“Drivers should always travel, not just within the speed limit, but at an appropriate safe speed for the weather, road and traffic conditions.”
Other notable speeding detections made by members of An Garda Síochána and Mobile Safety Camera Vans over the past 72 hours includes a motorist doing 99km/hr in a 50km/hr zone on the Dublin Road in Galway.
And in Co Donegal, a motorist was clocked at 156km/hr in a 100km/hr zone on the N15 Drumrat.
Over the last 72 hours, some 29 motorists were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Reacting to these recent detections during the cold snap, Chief Superintendent Jane Humphries said the “disregard for speed limits and safe speeds by a small number of drivers is irresponsible and dangerous”.
She added that it is dangerous “not just for their own safety, but for the safety of the many workers who are busy keeping our roads open for essential use in this excessive cold spell and other road users who are supporting road safety”.
“Drivers who continue to drive at excessive speed are a menace on our roads,” said Humphries.
“An Garda Síochána continues to enforce the road traffic legislation throughout this period in addition to working and supporting our communities across the country and in the most affected counties during this cold weather period.”
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I’m assuming crimes like this aren’t THAT rare? How come this one in particular is being publicised?
its a filler lara, sunday afternoon not much happening.
I was just thinking that today had been a pretty tame day, news-wise! (I’m not complaining, no news is good news!)
Anything over €800 is news.
They’ll be dragged to justice!
I heard someone stole a traffic cone and a county council sign in Castlebar last night, no suspects.
I worked in retail and one woman stole over €1000 worth of perfume and clothes and that never made the news… Only staff were informed and she returned to the scene of the crime a few days later to try her hand again and was arrested!
Articles like this are why TheJournal are losing subscribers by the thousands every month. 90% of the ‘news’ here is copied from elsewhere with just the headline changed. The only thing thats keeping it going is probably the comments factor
Why is this in IRISH NEWS?
Why is it ANY news in the greater pool called world news….the journal’s not what it was when it started out.
This article boggles the mind..
A clothes theft in the UK with shocking quality pictures??
Cliodhna are you hungover to füčk writing this one up or wha..
Ok seriously…..WHY is this in Irish News…Journal.ie is getting worse by the week with the amount of non-stories & non-news rubbish on it !!
They’re probably well on their way to Mexico now with their whopping £800 haul of womens clothing
lol
dressed as women………………………..
You lol at everything – I’m dubious
If you’re going to republish UK news at least take out the bit that’s only relevant to those living in the UK.
“Anyone with information should call police on 101 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111″
We cannot call police on ’101′ in Ireland, we can’t call UK 0800 numbers from Ireland either…..
Blatant copy and paste job
Here’s a good story for ya, why don’t ya search AFP or AP so ya can copy n paste a story on how the Syrian Arab Army wiped out most of ISIS top commanders in a raid on the city of Raqqa yesterday, much more newsworthy than this shite..
joe
the journal is a neocon pro israeli rag, do you honestly think that they are going to tell the truth about the middle east?
Pointless article! A jewellery shop in Tallaght was robbed of a lot more than that recently.
and tallaght is in ireland, this is english news in the irish section.
They missed Dublin pride by a week…
This happens every week in retail parks nothing new. Boucher Rd in Belfast, blanchardstown retail park nearly daily.
Do Journal ever read the comments to see how disappointing their reporting of news stories is getting and how obvious it is becoming. In the couple of months I have been reading it has got worse. This article reaches a new low.
they don’t care, it’s not a news site it’s a repeat site, terrible really, critize isrel and ask questions about z io nism and you’re banned
Police looking for 3 cross dressers !
I heard they were in a bad mood as well.
On the run ? They were caught and fled custody?
Quite a few don’t know what
“on the run” means
Wow. Breaking news from the journal.
Writing news stories for children can be difficult.
I NEED MY HIT OF GARTH BROOKS NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
Hardly the french connection is it?
lol
Why oh Why?
They could have bought all the clothes on alibaba.com for £100 and sold them at a nice profit
No brains these people.
They prob gone to Brazil now . No extradition there so they can spend all that 800 quid worth of clothes
B*stards.
These robbers are’nt just any old robbers they’re …………………
dirty robbing bitches
Why is journal not responding to fact that is coping and pasting uk news…
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