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More Than 860 Drivers Caught Speeding During National Slow Down Day

A motorcyclist was arrested on Sunday afternoon by the Baltinglass Roads Policing Unit who were carrying out a speed check.

A motorcyclist was arrested on Sunday afternoon by the Baltinglass Roads Policing Unit who were carrying out a speed check.

The driver of the motorcycle was clocked doing 207kph in a 100kph zone, he was arrested and charged with dangerous driving.

Two motorcyclists have died on the roads in Wicklow over the summer months.

Government ministers are to meet this week to identify ways to reverse a trend of rising road fatalities.

So far this year 128 people have lost their lives on the roads, an increase of 25% on the same period last year.

Gardaí say speed reduction enforcement has taken on a new sense of urgency amid an "alarming" increase in road deaths this year.

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