Co Louth emerges as speeding blackspot

Louth has emerged as the country’s speeding blackspot, with a staggering 95% of all motorists nationally who were driving over the limit in 120km/h zones over a four-year period detected in the border county.

According to figures provided by Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald, Co Louth accounted for 95% of all motorists nationwide caught speeding in a zone with a limit of 120km/h between November 2010 and February 2014.

In data supplied to Deputy Patrick O’Donovan (FG), Ms Fitzgerald confirmed that Louth recorded a whopping 7,077 detections out of a nationwide figure of 9,482.