Irish Examiner view: We must act now to improve road safety

New speed limits must be matched with enforcement

Gardaí at the scene of a crash which claimed the lives of four young people in Clonmel, Co Tipperary last month. Picture: Damien Storan/PA

News that many of the speed limits for Irish drivers are to be lowered can only be described as a necessary development after a shocking year to date of deaths on Irish roads.

Action was certainly required, and the announcement that Jack Chambers, the junior transport minister, is to bring the new speed limits to Cabinet is unfortunately timely: It coincided with news of a driver being killed in a two-car crash in Carlow.