AI could be used to catch wrong-way driving on Irish motorways
AI could turn really useful To alert the public more quickly to wrong-way driving on Irish motorways and to help gardaí catch the drivers involved, AI technology and the existing road camera network could be used, it has been revealed. RTÉ News reported that Minister of State for road safety Seán Canney outlined the possible […]
1 month ago
Couple in their 80s seriously injured in M50 crash at Ballymount
Emergency services rush to serious M50 collision A serious crash on the M50 in Dublin left an elderly couple in their 80s injured on Wednesday evening, after their car came off the road at Junction 10 in Ballymount. The vehicle crashed through a barrier before travelling down an embankment and landing on the motorway below, […]
1 month ago
Garda pursuit training won’t start this year because the instructors aren’t trained
The promised pursuit training is proving harder to deliver Plans to introduce Garda pursuit training this year now appear to be facing delays, with sources telling The Journal that the force will not have officers ready to start the new programme before the end of 2026. The problem is that the instructors themselves have not […]
1 month ago
Occupants of car involved in M9 horror crash were wearing balaclavas or masks
A chilling detail… It has now emerged that the car in which five teenagers died in an early-morning horror crash was driven on the wrong side of the motorway twice in a matter of minutes. Officers were aware of the car’s movements on the M9 in rural Co Kildare in the run-up to the tragedy, […]
2 months ago
M9 Crash: Five dead after car travelling wrong way hits family car
They were Dublin Airport bound Five people have been killed in the M9 crash in Co Kildare, after a car travelling the wrong way up the northbound carriageway hit a second vehicle head-on. Gardaí said the collision happened between junctions 3 and 4 at approximately 3am on Sunday. All five who died were in the […]
2 months ago
Speeding motorists outside school in Northern Ireland face ‘Kids Court’
They must ‘explain their actions’ to the children. Motorists caught speeding outside schools in Northern Ireland may face ‘Kids Court’. Those found to be driving over the speed limit in school zones can choose between facing the children and explaining their actions, or accepting penalty points and a fine. The aim of the initiative is […]
7 months ago