Extra 4,265 speed camera hours in bid to address road death toll

Additional speed camera hours are being funded through €1.2m from the Department of Justice.

Gardaí are to provide an extra 4,265 hours of speed camera operations in an attempt to get to grips with the devastating death toll on the roads.

The allocation of additional speed camera coverage was announced as the latest death was confirmed — a pedestrian in her 80s who died in a hit-and-run in Dublin — bringing the total number of people killed on the roads to 130 this year.