A DRIVER caught doing 174km/h in 100km/h zone on the N24 at Caherconlish, County Limerick, was doing the highest speed of any offender in the country during a Garda operation over the October Bank Holiday weekend.
During the period, there was one fatality on our roads, while seven serious collisions resulted in eight individuals sustaining serious injuries.
Over the course of the operation, Gardaà conducted 820 mandatory intoxicant testing checkpoints.
More than 4,790 breath tests and approximately 215 oral fluid tests were carried out.
There were 153 arrests for suspected driving under the influence of an intoxicant.
Additionally, more than 3,000 drivers were detected exceeding speed limits throughout the weekend.
The motorist was one of 3,000 drivers detected speeding on Irish roads over the long weekend.