New data reveals district in Mayo with most speeding fines

Speed detection vans and static cameras have collected €1.4 million in Mayo over the past two and a half years, according to new data.

Figures released by Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú show that €32 million has been collected by speed vans nationally from January 2023 to June 2025. 

Mayo is in the top ten counties for speed fine collections, with over €1 million collected in the Claremorris area alone. A total €192,000 was collected for speeding offences in the Castlebar area, with €110,000 taken in Ballina and a further €57,000 in Westport.

Claremorris has collected €662,000 so far in 2025, which is over six times the amount collected in 2023 (€107,000) before static speed cameras were brought in on the N17.

Dublin and Tipperary had the highest collections with €6,227,840 and €3,322,880 respectively.

Fianna Fáil MEP Ms Ní Mhurchú is calling for a “get-tough approach” on speeding with a greater concentration of speed vans at accident black spots and on our rural roads, where "speeding is dramatically impacting on road safety".

“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%),” she remarked.

Ms Ní Mhurchú questioned why revenue from speed vans across all garda districts fell by 15.9% between 2023 and 2024.

The figures also show that Gardaí paid out over €44 million to private speed camera operators between the start of 2023 and up to August 18, 2025.