Taoiseach and Road Safety Authority meet today amid spike in deaths and serious injury

Taoiseach Simon Harris and the Road Safety Authority will discuss the rising number of deaths on Irish roads. Picture Denis Minihane.

The Taoiseach is to hold a meeting on Monday with the Road Safety Authority (RSA) to discuss a worrying upward trend in traffic fatalities.

Simon Harris is to discuss the spike in deaths and serious injury on Irish roads with the RSA and the possible measures to address the reversal of the progress made in recent years on road safety.