it’s emerged that the Junior Transport Minister Hildegarde Naughton is to introduce regulations to double road traffic fines.
It means that fines for speeding, phone use and non-wearing of seatbelts will surpass the €100 mark for the first time.
This will see the fine for speeding increase from €80 to €160 and the fine for using a mobile phone while driving or for not wearing a seatbelt will double to €120.
Fines will be doubled for other offences that put the safety of vulnerable road users at risk.