Gardai carried out over 1,500 checkpoints in just five days following several road deaths over the bank holiday weekend.
Eight people were killed in six fatal road traffic collisions over the weekend, including three drivers, three motorcyclists, a passenger and a pedestrian.
Despite significant progress in recent years reducing road deaths, these fatalities and the further Road Death on Thursday bring the total number of people killed on Irish roads in 2022 to 79, an increase of 32 compared to date in 2021 and an increase of 15 road fatalities compared to 2019.
