One Limerick driver caught speeding four times in ten days on the same stretch of the N69

A STATIC speed camera in place in county Limerick since March of last year has proven more than effective in detecting speeding offences.

On March 14, 2025, a static speed safety camera was installed on the N69 at Ballyhomin, Askeaton. 

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Anyone detected driving faster than 100km could receive a fixed charge notice, they could be fined €160 and receive three penalty points. 

In one single  sitting of Newcastle West District Court, there were more than ten cases  before the court for speeding offences, detected by the new static speed safety camera.  

One female driver was detected speeding on that stretch of road four times in the space of  ten days between May 16 and May 27, 2025.  

The highest speed detected was 128km on May 27, 2025, while she was also detected driving at 119km, 122km and 127km on three other occasions. 

Judge Carol Anne Coolican imposed three fines - one of €200, another of €250 and one of €300, while the final speeding offence was taken into consideration. The driver was given three months to pay the fines.

In three instances where a driver was detected driving at 109km in the 100km zone, Judge Carol Anne Coolican struck out the cases.

In the first two weeks of the camera being in operation, garda figures showed that 142 drivers were detected driving in excess of the 100km limit. 

The Askeaton camera was one of nine installed last year. 

According to gardaí, static speed safety cameras are very effective at changing driver behaviour, reducing speed and decreasing road deaths.

Garda figures also showed that 1,004 motorists were caught speeding by the average safety camera system on the Limerick to Dublin motorway in the first three months of 2025.