‘Enough resources’ to police the roads

Assistant Commissioner Gerard Phillips, who heads the Traffic Corps, said the numbers within his own ranks were down in recent years but that this had no impact on enforcement.

“We have the resources and we are dealing with it. Nobody will ever say you don’t need any more officers. We have been dealt a hand, we are working to the full potential with that hand.”

Mr Phillips was responding to claims over the weekend by road safety tsar Gay Byrne that dwindling Garda numbers has resulted in an increase in people taking chances on the roads again.