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THERE’S a Speedy Gonzales on the roads this evening, as Ennis Gardaí have just caught a motorist reaching incredible speeds.

According to the Garda Síochána’s Twitter account, the Ennis Garda Traffic Corps clocked the vehicle’s speedometer at 191kph.

Gardaí have detected a number of speeding incidents this evening, but the vehicle travelling at nearly 200kph in a 120kph zone was the highest speed recorded.

An Garda Síochána have requested that drivers ‘please slow down’ on the roads.

 

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