Gardaí Nab 2,100 Speeders in Easter Crackdown

0:00It's April 5th. I'm Corey with the story, and this is Europe News Today, your AI-powered European briefing. Guardi clocked over 2,100 speeders in the first three days of the Easter Bank holiday weekend. The road safety push kicked off at 7 a.m. on Thursday, April 2nd, with mandatory breath and drug tests, plus high visibility checkpoints, everywhere. Dave Nav 98 drivers were being under the influence of booze or drugs so far. Plus, more than 250 folks got pinged for holding phones or skipping seatbelts. Authorities are calling on everyone to back their efforts and stay safe on the roads through the holiday. It's all about cutting down the risks during this busy time when traffic spikes. Yesterday brought some wild ones, like a driver hitting 102 km per hour in a 60 zone on Stillorgan Road in County Dublin and another at 78 in a 50 zone on Navon Road in Kells County Meefe. The operation rolls on until 7 a.m. Tuesday, so drivers keep it chill and legal to avoid

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