MEP reveals €1.4m paid in speeding fines in County Limerick
Cynthia Ní Mhurchú called for consideration of 're-education courses as a judicial sanction for drivers who are repeatedly caught speeding'
LIMERICK was the eighth highest grossing county from speed vans in the period covering January 2023 to June 8, 2025, taking in €1,411,760.
Gardaí released figures to Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, which show that nationally €32,437,002 has been collected in fines. Dublin was top of the list followed by Tipperary, Cork, Kildare, Galway, Wicklow, Westmeath and then Limerick.
The MEP has called for a greater concentration of speed vans at accident black spots and “on our rural roads where speeding is dramatically impacting on road safety”.
“A European Commission report from 2020 estimated that 10 to 15% of all crashes and 30% of all fatal crashes are the direct result of speeding or inappropriate speed.
“174 people died on Irish roads in 2024, which means that 52 of those people died as a direct result of speeding (30%).
“There are 52 families across the country mourning loved ones because we have failed to tackle speeding in any meaningful way,” said Ms Ní Mhurchú.
She welcomed an extra €9 million in funding for up to 100 new speed cameras to enhance road safety at the end of 2024 but said that “continual investment in new technology is needed to catch those who are flouting the law”.
Ms Ní Mhurchú also called for consideration of “re-education courses as a judicial sanction for drivers who are repeatedly caught speeding”.