Irish drivers to have points and fines revoked after speed camera error
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Some motorists in Ireland are receiving a lucky break today as Gardaí have announced that they will revoke fines and penalty points issued to hundreds of drivers who were detected speeding by a static speed camera in June.
Between 30th May 2025 and 30th June 2025 914 speeding fixed charge notices were issued to drivers for speeding offences on the N25 in Kilkenny.
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These charge notices are now being revoked due to a human error during the processing of the charges.
An Garda Síochána have said that of the 914 fixed charge notices issued only 128 people who received them had paid and had penalty points applied to their licenses. A further 56 motorists had paid the fines, but with the error identified, the penalty points were not applied.
The remaining 730 notices had not been paid so penalty points were not applied.
The Gardaí have said that the error only affected the static camera on the N25, and that they take full responsibility for the error. They have also completed a review of all offence locations associated with Static and Average Safety Cameras.
In a statement, Garda Chief Superintendent of Roads Policing David Harrington said the unfortunate error which sees 940 speeding motorists not facing fixed charges is "very much regretted".
"An Garda Síochána is very conscious of our statutory responsibility for road safety and is committed to delivering a professional policing service to enforcement of speeding via a variety of speed safety cameras,"
"An Garda Síochána continues to work steadfastly with all our partners in Road Safety endeavouring to reduce the human toll of road deaths and serious injuries on our roads,”
From today, An Garda Síochána is writing to each individual affected and refunds will issue with penalty points removed where necessary.
Motorists impacted by this do not need to do anything, they will receive a letter in the post.
However, if motorists have further concerns they can ring the FCN Help Desk at 0818 50 60 80.