Almost 40 motorists caught speeding in Tipperary during “Slow Down” Day

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419 speeding offences were detected during National ‘Slow Down’ Day including 37 in the Tipperary Garda Division

The 24-hour road safety campaign ended at seven this morning.

Gardaí and GoSafe carried out more than 192,000 speed checks over the period.

Among the detections was a motorist travelling 114 kilometres per hour in a 60 zone on the N62 at Clongower in Thurles and a driver going 93kph in an 80 zone on the R689 at Lisronagh between Clonmel and Fethard.