New static safety speeding camera on the N80

The average speed of motorists who travel the busy N80 through Laois, Offaly and Carlow will be clocked as part of the extension of the Static Safety Camera system to the busy national route.

Gardaí have announced that the average speed checking system will be operational on a stretch of the the N80 in from Friday, 23 May 2025.

A statement issued to the Leinster Express / Laois Live warned that vehicles detected driving in excess of the posted speed limit will be subject to prosecution from 12 noon on the day operation commences.

The guards say that prosecution of speeding offences takes place by Fixed Charge Notice, which is a €160 fine accompanied by three penalty points.

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The Gardaí said static safety cameras have been proven internationally to reduce speeding. They are now operational on the N17 Mayo, N59 Galway, N13 Donegal, N69 Limerick, R772 Wexford and the N22 Cork.

They were first introduced in the Dublin Port Tunnel and on the M7, five Average Safety Cameras are also operational which includes the N3 Cavan, N5 Mayo and N2 Meath.

There are also 58 GoSafe mobile safety cameras operational across 1,500 locations as well as safety cameras operated by Gardaí.

The gardaí also provided a breakdown of FCNs in quarter one of 2025, for Static and Average Safety Cameras is as follows:

• Average Safety Cameras M50: 327
• Average Safety Cameras M7: 1004
• Average Safety Cameras N3: 163
• Average Safety Cameras N5: 228
• Average Safety Cameras N2: 98
• Static Safety Camera - Galway N59: 145
• Static Safety Camera -Donegal N13: 1581
• Static Safety Camera -Mayo N17: 2385*
• Static Safety Camera - Limerick N69: 142
• Total: 6073

Static speed cameras measure journey time from one point to another. Fixed cameras, also referred to as static, measure your vehicle speed passing a fixed point and record your instantaneous speed.