The Assistant Commissioner, recently appointed to head up the Southern Garda Region, has been visiting Covid-19 checkpoints in Co Clare this afternoon.
Gardaí have seized six cars as part of Operation Curb (Changing your Road Behaviour), mounted recently in the Ennis area, as they believed they were modified in such a way that they posed a danger to the operators and other road users.
A truck driver jumped to safety just moments before the cab of his vehicle was engulfed in flames during rush hour on a busy dual-carriageway this morning.
Traffic was abruptly brought to a stop on the M7 motorway in Co Tipperary this afternoon after a van and trailer jack-knifed and crashed out of control.