Gardai will be launching a major road safety crackdown from Halloween until Christmas as officials try to minimise the already spiralling number of road traffic fatalities this year.
If things are to continue with the current pattern, Ireland will be en route to recording a 12% increase in the number of road deaths this year compared with 2021.
To date, a total of 118 people have lost their lives on Irish roads this year, with concern spiking over the number of motorcyclists and cyclists who have died.
