Speed cameras will be installed in Dublin’s Port Tunnel, in a joint project by the National Roads Authority (NRA) and gardaí, reports the Irish Times.

The decision to install the cameras was taken after NRA monitoring equipment and YouTube videos showed drivers ignoring the 80km/h limit, in the 4.5km-long tunnel. There is also concern that the tunnel attracts illegal racing. The absence of speed cameras has been noted on videos posted on YouTube, one of which shows a car entering and exiting the tunnel in two minutes. At the legal speed it should take around six minutes. The cameras will be purchased and installed by the NRA following discussions with gardaí, and there will be at least one camera for each lane in both tunnels… The article continues, detailing that speeding patterns have been observed in all categories of vehicles over a year and how the existing cameras in the tunnel cannot be used to prosecute motorists….

The NRA and gardaí hope to have the speed cameras in place by the end of the year.

Irish Times