Motorists are being warned of the danger posed by sun glare as provisional figures indicate drivers temporarily blinded by the sun may have contributed to five fatalities and nine serious injuries in the last two years.

Road fatalities dropped in 2015 to their second-lowest level on record, despite the worst December figures in eight years.

Some 154 people have been killed in road accidents in Ireland this year — a fall of 37 on last year.

Garda participation in a Europe-wide operation targeting organised crime resulted in the arrest of a Lithuanian man in west Dublin on foot of a European arrest warrant yesterday.

Over 38,000 people killed on roads on the island of Ireland will be remembered this Sunday, in a planned World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

Gardaí are arresting “alarming” numbers of banned motorists driving cars, with three a day being caught red-handed.

Gardaí have charged 87 motorists since they were given new powers to arrest disqualified drivers on the spot.

One in 10 motorists have confessed to falling asleep at the wheel, rising to one in five for those who drive to work, according to research.

The Road Safety Authority and the gardaí have launched a joint safety operation targeting cyclists and truck drivers. Marking the start of Bike Week, the aim of the campaign is to highlight the existence of ‘blind spots’ around trucks.

Gardaí are planning a major clampdown on speeding this weekend in a bid to reduce the amount of fatalities on the roads during the lethal summer period.

The Government has been accused of trying to make employers responsible for drink and drug testing drivers because under-resourced gardaí are struggling to do the job.

Twenty people a day were caught drink or drug-driving over the festive period at Garda checkpoints, though overall the number of people that drove while intoxicated fell compared with Christmas 2013.

People are being encouraged to get their tyres checked, for free, over the next 24 hours.

Interim garda commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan has issued a second warning about garda numbers — saying they were now "very close" to a critical level.

There has been a 70% jump in motorcyclists dying on our roads — in most cases driving in areas they know and in good weather and driving conditions.

Nearly 10,000 drivers have been caught holding a mobile phone while at the wheel in the first three months of this year — compared to 28,000 drivers for all of 2013.

Nine people were arrested on suspicion of drink driving during a co-ordinated, nationwide Garda blitz over the weekend.

Gardaí have played down the extent of inaccuracies with the GoSafe speed cameras.

The number of motorists caught speeding so far this year is way up on last year, new Garda figures released in advance of the annual bank holiday clampdown show.

Over 150,000 children have taken part in a national competition launched 10 years ago that encourages them to stay safe on the roads.

The annual number of breath tests carried out by gardaí at checkpoints reached a record low last year.

Motorists are being warned to remember the morning after while celebrating over the Christmas period.

Motorists are being warned to remember the morning after while celebrating overthe Christmas period.

A television clip showing a Dáil deputy writing notes while driving has been passed on to the gardaí, the Road Safety Authority has confirmed.

Gardaí are appealing to motorists to think road safety today.

Three articulated truck drivers were “traumatised but stoic” after spending two nights in custody after being detected on YouTube driving their trucks three abreast along the mainLimerick to Tralee road.

Three articulated truck drivers have been remanded in custody for two days at a Garda station following a complaint from a member of the public about a YouTube video in which they drove their huge trucks three abreast along the main Limerick to Tralee road last year.

Three articulated trucks were driven three-abreast along the main Limerick to Tralee road, blocking the oncoming lane, so it could be recorded and put on YouTube for charity, Tralee District Court was told.

Ireland is on track for its first rise in road fatalities in eight years if current trends continue, gardaí have warned.

Fatigue is believed to be a factor in one in five driver deaths in Ireland.

The majority of motorists believe the number of gardaí policing the roads has fallen in the past year and have criticised the worsening driving conditions.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter insisted there was no “disappeared” Garda report on the incident in which he was stopped at a drink-driving checkpoint because there was “no wrongdoing and the law was not broken”.

One of the country’s top gardaí has expressed concern that the recent controversy surrounding the quashing of penalty points has hindered public confidence in road safety enforcement.

Speed continues to be the “No 1 issue” for gardaí as figures show detections jumped by over 50% in the past five years.

GARDAÍ believe that despite the deaths of seven people in traffic accidents over Christmas there will still be fewer road fatalities this year.

THERE have been 30 fewer road traffic fatalities so far this year, the sixth successive year where a sustained reduction in road deaths and injuries was recorded.

THE number of people killed on the nation’s roads fell to an historic low last year, but one of the country’s most senior traffic gardaí has said more work needs to be done to tackle speeding and drug-driving.

THERE has been a 70% increase in the number of people who have received penalty points for holding mobile phones while driving.

THE number of people either failing or refusing Garda checkpoint breath tests has dropped significantly since toughened laws were introduced in 2006.

A major crack down on speeding and drink driving is underway for the bank holiday weekend.

Drivers with company cars have up to 40% more crashes than those with private vehicles, new research reveals.

THE Road Safety Authority (RSA) has warned that more lives will be lost on the roads unless the Government confirms funding for the provision of speed cameras in today’s budget.