Court denied Go Safe contract

The State has been accused of “dodging the bullet” in not releasing a copy of the €80m Garda contract with the Go Safe consortium to the court.

At Ennis District Court, solicitor Daragh Hassett made the charge after hearing that the State was withdrawing a prosecution against a motorist he was representing who was detected speeding by the network of speed camera vans operated under the Go Safe contract.

The Go Safe consortium was paid €17.23m by gardaí last year, with the current contract due to expire in November.