The head of the Garda Road Policing Bureau has warned motorists “if you’re going to be speeding, we’re going to catch you.”Chief Supt Finbarr Murphy was speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland on National Slow Down Day. He explained that it’s a 24-hour campaign with the purpose of raising awareness of the important part speed plays in road safety and in reducing road deaths and injuries. “Our target over the next three years is to bring the numbers up to over 1,000 people, dedicated to road traffic policing. “We will have additional duties in the Garda Roads Policing Bureau. If they’re involved in criminality, rural crime or that, we’re going to intercept them through roads policing and put them off the road.”Chief Supt Murphy said the Slow Down Day campaign will run right across the country.

Source: The Irish Times May 25, 2018 10:52 UTC