Forty-four (44) Fixed Charge Penalty notices were issued in the first 12 hours of National Slow Down Day in Co Clare yesterday.

A motorist had a lucky escape this afternoon after the car he was driving collided with a roundabout and ploughed through security fencing and overturned in a field.

Two motorists were arrested on suspicion of drug-driving while two ‘dangerously defective’ trucks were grounded at a multi-agency checkpoint on the M18 in Co Clare today.

Gardaí in Ennis are investigating whether a driver suffered a sudden medical episode before colliding with one vehicle and leaving the scene and crashing again a short distance away.

Gardaí have issued a road safety message ahead of the May Bank Holiday weekend.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and An Garda Síochána are issuing an urgent road safety appeal to all road users to slow down, wear seatbelts, not to drive when impaired, or distracted – particularly by illegally using your phone while driving –, or when tired.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving following a single-vehicle collision in Clare this afternoon.

Emergency services have dealt with a road traffic collision on the N68 Ennis to Kilrush road this afternoon.