Easter Road Safety: 138 DUI Arrests, 1 Fatality

0:00On April 6th, Guardiah kicked off their Easter Road safety operation on April 2nd at 7am, and is running straight through till 7am. Tomorrow. In the first four days, they caught over 3,000 drivers speeding, with high visibility checks and mandatory tests for booze and drugs everywhere. They've arrested 138 people for driving under the influence so far, plus over 310 more busted for using phones or skipping seatbelts. It's all part of cracking down during the holiday rush when roads get packed. One of the wildest stops was a driver blasting 138 kilometers per hour in a 50 km per hour zone in Cahir County, Tipperary. Another hit 117 in an 80 zone on the N4 in Luke and Dublin. Sadly, that risky behavior turned deadly over the weekend. A woman in her forties got struck by a lorry in Letter Kenny, County, Donnagall, on April 3rd, and she passed away yesterday. That tragic crash marks the one death from the holiday period.

1:03With 43 road deaths on Irish roads this year already, Guardiah are pushing hard to keep everyone safe as this operation wraps up tomorrow. Morning. That's your Europe News Today update, AI-powered, and always on.