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Aer Lingus app and website restored after going down ahead of busy weekend

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Aer Lingus app and website down ahead of busy travel weekend

The website and mobile app of Irish airline Aer Lingus have been restored after going down ahead of one of the busiest travel weekends at Dublin Airport. Aer Lingus said it expects flights to operate as normal but had previously warned of a risk of ...

06 Apr 2023 at 13:24

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Eamon Ryan to bring memo on road speeds to Cabinet after spike in deaths

The government is to consider a plan to reduce road speeds across the country in the wake of several deaths on Irish roads. It comes after a senior Garda said that reducing speed limits on some rural roads should be looked at as a way to tackle ...

31 Aug 2023 at 19:02

National News

Police launch speed enforcement operation amid concern over rise in road deaths

Irish police are to conduct a national speed enforcement operation beginning on Monday amid concerns over a rise in road deaths. Operation “Slow Down”, supported by the Road Safety Authority, will operate for 24 hours beginning at 0700. Gardai ...

03 Sept 2023 at 19:44

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Reducing speed limits on some rural roads needs considering, senior garda says

Reducing speed limits on some rural roads should be looked at as a way to tackle rising crash death rates, a senior garda has said. Assistant Commissioner for Roads Policing Paula Hilman said increased Garda enforcement would not on its own ...

31 Aug 2023 at 12:01

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Boy, 16, dies after falling from tractor in one of two latest road deaths

Two more people have died in road traffic incidents in Ireland, gardai have said. A man was killed in a crash involving a car and lorry in Co Carlow on Wednesday, while in Dublin a 16-year-old boy died in hospital from injuries sustained ...

06 Sept 2023 at 18:39

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Woman in 50s dies after two-car crash in Leitrim

A woman has died after a crash in Co Leitrim. The two-car smash happened just before 6pm on Thursday on the R280 at Lisnabrack, Carrick-on-Shannon. The woman, in her 50s and a passenger in one of the cars, was pronounced dead at the ...

22 Sept 2023 at 08:02

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100 people have died on Ireland’s roads so far this year

The number of road deaths in Ireland in the first seven months of 2023 was the highest January-July figure for six years, according to the Road Safety Authority (RSA). Up to the morning of Tuesday August 1, 100 people have died on ...

01 Aug 2023 at 15:45

More than 125 drivers caught speeding in first hours of ‘slow down’ day

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Fifty drivers caught speeding at start of ‘Slow Down’ day

More than 125 drivers were caught speeding in the first five hours of a Garda ‘slow down’ day initiative. One of the 127 motorists detected driving in excess of the speed limit was travelling at 155km/h on the M6 in Westmeath, ...

04 Sept 2023 at 13:43

National News

Speed camera use to increase by 20% in response to road fatalities

The use of speed cameras on Irish roads is to increase by 20% in response to “worrying trends” around increasing road fatalities, the justice minister has said. Helen McEntee said an additional 1.2 million euro is to be ...

04 Sept 2023 at 19:21

National News

Gardai urge caution on roads following spike in fatalities

Gardai have warned people that driving is probably the most dangerous thing they will do with their day, as they urged people to be safer on the roads. A senior garda has urged passengers that do not feel safe to tell ...

31 Aug 2023 at 00:01

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'Please be safe' - Almost 30 people dead on Irish roads in past 30 days, Gardaí confirm

Almost 30 people have died on Irish roads in the past 30 days, Gardaí have confirmed. An Garda Síochána released an appeal to road users to take care on the roads in the wake of a spike in fatalities in August. ...

31 Aug 2023 at 11:25

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RSA rejects criticism from safety groups but admits non-compliance on roads 'off the scale'

The chairperson of the Road Safety Authority (RSA), Liz O’Donnell, has rejected criticism of the organisation by road safety advocacy groups, many of whom have recently expressed no confidence in the RSA ...

10 Apr 2024 at 14:30

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