Three people killed on Irish roads over October bank holiday

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Three people killed on Irish roads over October bank holiday
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Several others received serious life-threatening injuries in other collisions

On Friday, a pedestrian in his 50s was killed in a collision with a lorry on Dublin city centre’s Arran Quays. On Saturday morning, a man in his 20s was killed in a single-vehicle collision in Tubbercurry, Co Sligo. And on Tuesday, a man in his 60s was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Kerrykeel, Co Donegal.carried out over 880 Mandatory Intoxicant Testing checkpoints over the weekend, and made 218 arrests of people suspected of driving under the influence of an intoxicant as a result.

Hundreds of fixed charged notices were also issues over the weekend: 209 for using a mobile phone while driving, more than 200 for an unaccompanied learner driver, over 75 for no seat belts and over 375 for no tax or insurance on a vehicle. “It is disappointing that in spite of public awareness campaigns and widespread efforts among Gardaí and relevant partners such as the Road Safety Authority urging motorists to slow down – drivers continue to travel at dangerously excessive speeds on Irish roads.

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