Post Tagged with: "road safety"

FIRE, road and water safety officials gathered at Banna Strand this morning to launch this year’s ‘Amber Thursday’ ahead of the August bank holiday weekend which is traditionally a busy time for such services. After another tragic weekend on the roads resulting in multiple fatalities in separate incidents, and with […]

THE Green Party Tralee representative has called for safe cycling routes on roundabouts after a young girl was knocked off her bike in a hit and run incident last week. Anne-Marie Fuller was speaking after the incident last Thursday evening where the girl received minor injuries after she was hit […]

KERRY County Council is encouraging people in the county to shine a light for road safety on World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims this Sunday. The campaign, in memory for all of those who have lost their lives on our roads, will see council buildings across Ireland lit […]

THE IT Tralee has won an award at the RSA’s 12th annual ‘Leading Lights in Road Safety’ Awards in Croke Park today (Wednesday). The Institute won the Education Third Level award for the Road Safety Week spearheaded by Petrina Comerford, in her role earlier this year as Vice President for Welfare […]

THE AXA Roadsafe Roadshow, in partnership with An Garda Siochana, delivered a hard-hitting road safety message to over 1,200 Transition Year students in Kerry, including many from Tralee schools, on Tuesday. This is the fourth AXA Roadsafe Roadshow of the Autumn schedule aimed primarily at Transition Year students in secondary schools […]

GARDAI in Kerry and around the country are conducting a national speed enforcement operation “Slow Down” Day, supported by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and other stakeholders, from this morning at 7am until 7am on Saturday. The objective is to reduce the number of speed related collisions, save lives and […]

  PRIMARY school pupils from around the county have used their artistic skills to highlight and promote road safety through their winning submissions to the 2019 Kerry County Council Road Safety Calendar competition which is hosted annual by the local authority. Charlie O’Sullivan, Deputy Chief Executive, Kerry County Council this […]

PEOPLE will have the chance to use the ‘Roll Over Simulator’ when An Garda Síochána and Road Safety Authority (RSA) bring a display and information stand to the small Tesco car park in the town centre between 10am and 6pm on this Saturday. The interactive road safety experience simulator is highly effective in […]

THE Road Safety Authority (RSA) and An Garda Síochána are appealing to motorcycle riders to ‘Bike Safe’ as the risk to riders’ safety is set to increase over the summer months. The appeal comes as statistics show 11 motorcyclists have died on Kerry roads between 2010 and 2017, the fourth […]

PRIMARY school pupils from Kilflynn, Ardfert, Ballyheigue and around the county demonstrated their artistic skills to highlight road safety in the 2018 Kerry County Council Road Safety Calendar competition. This week, David Doyle, Senior Engineer, Operations, Capital Infrastructure and Safety Department, Kerry County Council presented the twelve winning pupils from various primary […]

KERRY County Council has published a five-year road safety plan for the county. The plan, which aims to develop a co-ordinated approach to the issue of road safety, was adopted by councillors late last year and covers the period up to 2020. The new plan focuses on progress on the […]

PRIMARY school pupils from around the county have demonstrated their artistic skills by highlighting road safety in their entries for inclusion in the 2017 Kerry County Council Road Safety Calendar competition. On Thursday morning, Paul Neary, Senior Engineer, Operations & Safety Department, Kerry County Council presented the twelve winning pupils from various primary […]

THE Kerry Joint Policing Committee is calling on all road users in Kerry to exercise care over the winter months and to ‘Be Safe and Be Seen’ on the county’s roads. The Committee has encouraged the use of high visibility clothing and is asking all road users to ensure lights […]

THE RSA and An Garda Síochána are teaming up with Applegreen Service Station to help keep drivers alert this weekend. With the clocks going back this weekend, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and An Garda Síochána today urged road-users to ensure they can be clearly seen when out on the roads as […]

GARDAÍ in Tralee and around the country are to check tyres this Wednesday as part of National Tyre Safety Day. In a national operation, Gardaí will be stopping vehicles and checking for offences relating to bald tyres and tyres unsuitable for their vehicles. They are appealing for motorists to check their […]