750,000 penalty point offences in nine months

More than 750,000 penalty point offences were detected in the first nine months of the year, according to the Road Safety Authority.

The latest figures show speeding accounted for 75% (562,872) of the 753,228 penalty point offences detected to the end of September.

Driving while holding a mobile phone was the second most detected offence, representing 11% of all violations (82,449).