Gardai are being told to stop parking speed camera vans outside graveyards when funerals are taking place.

Irishman James Toft is on cloud nine this week and with good reason.

A grieving mum whose son died after he was struck by a car three years ago is glad local authorities around the country are being urged to introduce 30km/h zones in urban areas.

Ireland’s shockingly slow broadband speeds have been shown to be among the slowest in Europe. Business organisations have called on Government to step-up to provide proper high-speed broadband, otherwise jobs could be lost, they warned.

Speed is still a problem on our roads.

New speed limits came into force in parts of Dublin overnight.

One in five of us admit to having broken the speed limit in the past month.

Broadband is becoming increasingly prevalent in Ireland while speeds are also picking up, according to a new report from the country’s communications regulator.

'Operation Slow Down' - an intensive national speed enforcement operation - is to get underway for a 24-hour period from tomorrow morning.

A bereaved mother has accused Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe of “buck-passing” by failing to impose a 20km/h speed limit in housing estates.

Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe yesterday predicted “many” rural roads are likely to see their maximum speed limit cut from 100km/h to 80km/h under new guidelines.

Speed is king in modern hurling, we’re told. Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy certainly acknowledged the difference in pace when his side took on a Division 1A side in Tipperary recently, and one of his defenders thought the same.

Many gardaí driving patrol cars cannot chase criminals or speed to an emergency because they have not had adequate driver training.