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Revenue from speed vans in Carlow and Kilkenny fell from €378,320 in 2023 to €327,520 in 2024
Gardaí in Carlow and Kilkenny collected €765,440 in the 30-month period from January 2023 to June 2025, according to figures provided to Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú.
A total of €362,800 was collected in the Kilkenny Garda district while €293,040 was collected in the Carlow Garda district. Just over €109,000 was collected from speeding motorists in the Thomastown garda district.
Revenue from speed vans in Carlow and Kilkenny fell from €378,320 in 2023 to €327,520 in 2024, a decrease of 13.4%. The revenue collected from speed vans in the period was considerably lower than surrounding counties such as Tipperary and Cork.
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MEP Ní Mhurchú is now calling for a ‘get tough’ approach to those who are caught doing excessive speeds on rural roads.
BLACK SPOTS
The MEP has called for a greater concentration of speed vans at accident black spots and on our rural roads where speeding is dramatically impacting on road safety.
The EU Transport Committee MEP made her calls as gardaí released figures to her showing that €32,437,002 has been collected in fines from speed vans between January 2023, and June 8, 2025.
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Ms Ní Mhurchú questioned why revenue from speed vans across all garda districts fell by 15.9% between 2023 and 2024. (Figures broken down by garda district provided on request) Garda figures released to Ms Ní Mhurchu also show that gardaí paid out over €44 million to private speed camera operators between the start of 2023 and up to August 18, 2025, meaning that the garda speed van system is operating at an overall loss.
“A European Commission report from 2020 estimated that 10 to 15% of all crashes and 30% of all fatal crashes are the direct result of speeding or inappropriate speed,” said Ms Ní Mhurchú.
“One hundred and seventy four people died on Irish roads in 2024, which means that 52 of those people died as a direct result of speeding (30%). There are 52 families across the country mourning loved ones because we have failed to tackle speeding in any meaningful way.”
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