Speeding motorist fails breath test in Tipperary

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A motorist has been detected at more than one and a half times the speed limit on the M8 in Tipperary this morning.

The Roads Policing Unit detected the BMW being driven at 186 kilometres per hour while conducting a checkpoint on the motorway.

The driver subsequently failed a roadside breath test and was arrested.