CLARE is one of six counties that has recorded zero road deaths so far in 2025.
Road deaths have declined nationally by twelve percen with sixty people killed on Irish roads so far this year. The road fatalities so far are spread across twenty counties.
Clare, Kildare, Louth, Longford, Monaghan and Wicklow are the only counties to record zero fatalities so far this year. Mayo has recorded the highest number of deaths at seven, while Dublin and Galway are tied at six each.
Six people died on Clare’s roads in 2023 with seven dying in 2022 and one in 2021.
Nationally, road deaths have climbed steadily since 2018 with the figures standing at 2019 (140), 2020 (146), 2021 (130/Covid lockdowns), 2022 (155) and 2023 (184).
Garda Kevin Flatley recently died conducting a routine traffic stop in Dublin City.
Conditions of roads in Clare and overall road safety has been flagged on a consistent basis by elected representatives in the county. Elected members of the Killaloe Municipal District including Cllr Tony O’Brien (FF) have previously claimed speed checks have not been carried out in East Clare in two years.
In February, Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien (FF) announced an allocation of €39,389,500 for Clare’s regional and local roads. This allocation will be split between €17.5m that will be invested in restoring the network and €14,259,000 for the improvement of roads in the county. Clare MEP Michael McNamara (IND) later referred to the announcement as “very old wine in new bottles”.
