Driver clocked speeding in Cavan at 196km/h

Gardaí have clocked a driver doing almost 200km/hr in a 100km/hr in Cavan as their August Bank Holiday road safety operation got underway.

Since 7am yesterday morning, Gardaí have been detecting poor driving behaviours.

As of this afternoon, almost 85,000 vehicles have been checked for speeding. 211 drivers have been detected speeding. Locally 196km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N55 at Kilcogy, Co. Cavan has been detected along with 106km/h in a 60km/h zone on the Monaghan Road, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan.