Mayo Garda speed vans collect almost €1.4m in 30 months

Mayo Gardaí collected €1,385,440 from speed vans in the period January 2023 to June 2025. This is the 9th highest in the county. Most of the fines were issued in the Claremorris Garda district, followed by Castlebar, Ballina and Westport. 

The EU Transport Committee MEP gave light to the situation following figures released by Gardai showing that €32,437,002 has been collected in fines from speed vans between January 2023 and June 2025.

Following a breakdown of figures upon request, Ireland South MEP questioned why revenue from speed vans across all garda districts fell by 15.9% between 2023 and 2024.

In additional figures released to Ní Mhurchú, the Gardaí paid out over €44m to private speed camera operators between the start of 2023 up until August 2025. This showed that the Garda speed van system is operating at an overall loss.

Dublin and Tipperary were two of the highest-grossing counties for the Garda speed vans during the period, followed closely by Cork and Kildare.

Top 10 counties in Ireland for revenue generated by Garda speed vans from January 2023, up to June 8th, 2025.

According to Ní Mhurchú, speeding was the cause of death for 52 Irish people in 2024. 

“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. 174 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.” 

Ní Mhurchú welcomed an extra €9 million in funding for up to 100 new speed cameras to enhance road safety at the end of 2024.

The Ireland South MEP has also called for smarter positioning of the current stock of speed vans to ensure they are located in areas of highest risk of road fatalities. She has also called for consideration of re-education courses as a judicial sanction for drivers who are repeatedly caught speeding.