Extra 150 gardaí to be added to road policing units

Currently, there are 623 gardaí assigned to the road policing unit. Picture: Dan Linehan

The Garda Commissioner has said that 150 members of the force will be added to the road policing units in the next two years in order to meet road safety targets.

Drew Harris also repeated a target to have an additional 100 static road safety cameras in place by the end of next year.