Gardaí appeal to drivers to slow down as speed limit cuts announced 

Eamon Ryan and Jack Chambers announced speed limit cuts on Irish roads. Picture: Dan Linehan

On a day when the Government confirmed it is considering  some of the most radical changes to the country's speed limits in a generation, gardaí had a simple message: “Slow down – because no one thinks it can happen to them.”

Speaking at a multi-agency checkpoint in Co Westmeath on Thursday, An Garda Síochána’s assistant commissioner for roads policing Paula Hilman said drivers need to “slow down and look out for one another, and get to your destination safely, because that’s where your family wants you to be”.