Gardaí contact 12k drivers for appeals

Gardaí have contacted almost 12,000 drivers wrongly prosecuted for road traffic offences over appealing their cases and returning fines paid.

Several thousand cases are scheduled for appeal in the courts this year alone over motorists incorrectly penalised.

Acting Garda commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin is expected to tell the Oireachtas justice committee today about the wrongful fixed charge penalty notices, dating back to 2006.