{"id":240144,"date":"2026-01-11T22:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T22:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/240144\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T22:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T22:29:07","slug":"one-limerick-driver-caught-speeding-four-times-in-ten-days-on-the-same-stretch-of-the-n69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/240144\/","title":{"rendered":"One Limerick driver caught speeding four times in ten days on the same stretch of the N69"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A STATIC speed camera in place in county Limerick since March of last year has proven more than effective in detecting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/463\/crime-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">speeding<\/a> offences.<\/p>\n<p>On March 14, 2025, a static speed safety camera was installed on the N69 at Ballyhomin, Askeaton.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/crime-and-courts\/1985336\/drunken-man-who-was-abusive-to-garda-was-pepper-sprayed-in-limerick.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Drunken man who was abusive to garda was pepper-sprayed in Limerick<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyone detected driving faster than 100km could receive a fixed charge notice, they could be fined \u20ac160 and receive three penalty points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In one single\u00a0 sitting of Newcastle West District Court, there were more than ten cases\u00a0 before the court for speeding offences, detected by the new static speed safety camera.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One female driver was detected speeding on that stretch of road four times in the space of\u00a0 ten days between May 16 and May 27, 2025.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The highest speed detected was 128km on May 27, 2025, while she was also detected driving at 119km, 122km and 127km on three other occasions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Judge Carol Anne Coolican imposed three fines &#8211; one of \u20ac200, another of \u20ac250 and one of \u20ac300, while the final speeding offence was taken into consideration. The driver was given three months to pay the fines.<\/p>\n<p>In three instances where a driver was detected driving at 109km in the 100km zone, Judge Carol Anne Coolican struck out the cases.<\/p>\n<p>In the first two weeks of the camera being in operation, garda figures showed that 142 drivers were detected driving in excess of the 100km limit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Askeaton camera was one of nine installed last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to garda\u00ed, static speed safety cameras are very effective at changing driver behaviour, reducing speed and decreasing road deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Garda figures also showed that 1,004 motorists were caught speeding by the average safety camera system on the Limerick to Dublin motorway in the first three months of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A STATIC speed camera in place in county Limerick since March of last year has proven more than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[14351,5721,61,60,1396,4580,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-240144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-askeaton","9":"tag-district-court","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-limerick","13":"tag-newcastle-west","14":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}