Figures from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) also reveal how the M50 was by far the most lucrative toll road in the state in 2024.

€211 million was made at the toll in 2024, up nearly 11 per cent on the previous year.

Cars clogged up a main road and a car park at a filling station in Kells, Co Meath, on their quest for fuel today.

Speaking at the official sod turning of ground of a new Garda Station in Newcastle West, Patrick O'Donovan said a motorway between the two counties should be constructed “as soon as possible”.

One driver in Co Donegal was detected doing 156km/hr in a 100km/hr zone on the N15 Drumrat

Over the Christmas period alone, there were eight fatalities on Irish roads and 20 people received serious and life-threatening injuries.

Speed limits will be reduced from 80km/h to 60km/h across the country in the new year.

The woman was slurring her words and appeared to be intoxicated when she was arrested at the scene.

The fee for a driving license will increase from €55 to €65 from January 1st, with the price of an NCT rising to €60.

The new procedure means pursuits no longer have to automatically be called off when a chase goes contra-flow to traffic.

"All of a sudden, parked, hidden, very nice and tidy along a row of parked cars, you have a speed van," he said.

The RSA has called for driver distraction to be 'stigmatised, not normalised'

The survey from The AA garnered responses from over 2,600 respondents and uncovered some trends in driving behaviour and etiquette on Irish roads.

Gardaí are being provided with an additional 10,000 'Drugwipe' test kits this year

The cost of petrol is set to jump by 4 cents per litre, while diesel will increase by 3 cents and marked gas by 1.5 cents.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is asking road users to exercise caution on Saturday, while Met Éireann have issued orange and yellow weather warnings for Storm Elin

Company car Benefit-In-Kind reliefs have been extended