Speed vans rake in over €430,000 in Laois
A traffic enforcement camera parked on a lay-by. Image: iStock/powerofforever
SPEED vans raked in over €430,000 in Laois within 30 months, working out at over €14,000 a month in fines.
Figures revealed today show that €435,440 was collected in Laois, between 1 January 2023 and 8 June 2025.
Over €32 million was collected nationally in the same time frame, with Dublin the highest-grossing county followed by Tipperary, Cork and Kildare. Offaly accounted for €677,680 in speeding fines.
The figures were released as part of national data showing the amount collected in GoSafe speed van fines. The vans have mobile safety cameras used by trained operators on behalf of gardaí, to detect speeding on roads with a history of collisions.
Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, who obtained the figures, has called for a ‘get tough approach’ on speeding, particularly on rural roads and at accident black spots.
She said in a statement: ‘There are 52 families across the country mourning loved ones, because we have failed to tackle speeding in any meaningful way.’
The MEP based this figure on a 2020 European Commission report, which estimates that 30% of fatal crashes result from speeding or inappropriate speed. With 174 road deaths recorded in Ireland in 2024, Ms Ní Mhurchú calculated that 52 were speed-related.
Dublin topped the revenue table with €6.2m collected, followed by Tipperary (€3.3m) and Cork (€2.9m).
The figures also revealed that the GoSafe speed van system operates at an overall loss, with gardaí paying over €44m to private speed camera operators between early 2023 and August 2025.
Overall, revenue from speed vans fell by 15.9% nationally between 2023 and 2024.
Ms Ní Mhurchú welcomed additional funding of €9m announced at the end of 2024 for up to 100 new speed cameras, but called for ‘smarter positioning’ of equipment and consideration of re-education courses for repeat offenders.
