{"id":351954,"date":"2026-03-18T04:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T04:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/351954\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T04:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T04:07:11","slug":"driver-caught-going-35km-over-speed-limit-on-busy-cork-city-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/351954\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver caught going 35km over speed limit on busy Cork city road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Garda\u00ed are conducting their St Patrick\u2019s Weekend Road Safety Campaign<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0_Screenshot-2026-03-17-at-165815.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The Boreenmana Road area in Cork\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The Boreenmana Road area in Cork<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A driver was caught by Gardai driving 35km over the speed limit on a busy road in Cork city as part of the St Patrick\u2019s Bank Holiday Weekend 2026 Road Safety Campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The motorist was detected driving at 85km\/h on the Broeenmanna Road in Cork, a high-traffic route through the residential Ballintemple area, linking Skehard Road and South Link. The driver was caught in a 50km\/h zone by Roads Policing Officers on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Other drivers caught over the weekend included a motorist speeding at 133 km\/h on the South Ring Road, where the limit is 100km\/h, and another going 85 km\/h in a 50km\/hr zone in Kilnamucky, Tower.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Other speeds detected over the weekend included:<\/p>\n<p>98 km\/h in a 60 km\/hr zone on the L3700 Cloongad, Riverstown, Sligo.121 km\/h in an 80 km\/hr zone on the R188 Drumnagran, Cootehill, Cavan.125 km\/h in a 100 km\/hr zone on N55, Tullygullin, Kilcogy, Cavan.127 km\/h in a 100 km\/hr zone on the N15 in Tully, Co. Donegal124 km\/h in a 100 km\/hr zone on the N11 in Timmore, Newcastle, Co. Wicklow97 km\/h in a 50 km\/hr zone on the Firhouse Road, Dublin 24115 km\/h in an 80 km\/hr zone on N2 Drumcaw, Co. Monaghan89 km\/h in a 60 km\/hr zone on the R515, Elton, Knocklong, Co. Limerick112 km\/h in a 50km\/hr zone on the R183 in Dernaglug, Doohamlet, Co. Monaghan137 km\/h in a 120km\/hr zone on the M7 in Lewistown, Naas, Co. Kildare81 km\/h in a 60km\/hr zone on the L3002 in Pluckerstown, Kilmeage, Co. Kildare137 km\/h in an 80km\/hr zone on the N4 in Ballydowd, Lucan, Co. Dublin138 km\/h in a 100km\/hr zone on the N18 Ballinacurra (Weston), Co. Limerick91 km\/h in a 60km\/hr zone on the Rathdown Road, Greystones, Co. Wicklow124 km\/h in an 80km\/hr zone on the R178 in Redbog, Dundalk, Co. Louth<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Through the St Patrick&#8217;s Day festivities, Garda\u00ed are conducting both statutory Mandatory Intoxicant Testing (MIT) and regular, high-visibility policing checkpoints. More than 188 people were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and\/or drugs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">After five days of the operation, more than 4,250 drivers were detected for speeding offences. There have been six fatalities as a result of traffic collisions on our roads, bringing the total number of fatalities on Irish roads this year to 38.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Over 450 drivers have been detected holding a mobile phone or not wearing a seatbelt since this operation began. Drivers and all other road users are being reminded to plan ahead and organise a safe way home if socialising for St. Patrick&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed are conducting their St Patrick\u2019s Weekend Road Safety Campaign The Boreenmana Road area in Cork A driver&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[14641,7782,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-351954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-cork-city","tag-gardai","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351954","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=351954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}