Garda checkpoints mounted on Kildare/Wicklow border area

Gardaí recently carried out checkpoints on the Kildare/Wicklow border area.

Baltinglass Roads Policing Unit worked alongside the Road Safety Authority and Customs as part of operation Teorainn.

Operation ‘Teorainn’ - which is being mounted nationwide - focuses on the four Lifesaver Offences of speeding, driving whilst intoxicated, non-seatbelt wearing and using mobile phones.

Also included will be unaccompanied driving by learner drivers as well as road transport offences.

The RSA is supporting Operation ‘Teorainn’ with a programme of road safety awareness campaigns.