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Speeding is on the increase in the En- nis area.
Figures obtained by Fine Gael TD Pat Breen from the Ennis gardai show that speeding offence detection rates have increased dramatically, while more than 100 summonses for loud exhausts have been issued by the Gardai in the
Ennis area.
According to Ennis gardai “a large number of these boy racers have been checked by the gardai. The number of Fixed Charge Notices issues by gardai for speeding offences is over 400 more than for the same period last year”.
Deputy Breen requested to see the fig- ures, after receiving a number of com- plaints from residents in Darragh about
people racing cars on the wide stretch of road at Darragh, on the Kilrush road. Residents also expressed concern that not enough speed traps were in opera- tion on the road.
“The gardai have informed me that speed checks are carried out in the area on a regular basis by both the Division- al Traffic Corps and the District Patrol CFT