Nearly 1,000 motorists caught for speeding during National Slow Down Day

In total, gardaí and GoSafe checked the speeds of over 150,605 vehicles around the country. Picture: Garda Info/Twitter

Almost 1,000 motorists were caught travelling over the speed limit during National Slow Down Day yesterday. 

A national Garda operation to coincide with the event began at 7am yesterday morning and continued until 7am this morning.