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THE Road Safety Authority (RSA), An Garda Síochána and the Irish Tyre Industry Association (ITIA), have teamed up for ‘Tyre Safety Day’ on this Wednesday, October 6, during Irish Road Safety Week, to remind all road users to check their tyres to ensure they are roadworthy. Motorists are being encouraged […]

THE Road Safety Authority (RSA) is reminding road users, particularly drivers, to be aware of the dangers posed by ‘sun glare’ as Orange and Yellow weather warnings for High Temperatures have been issued for the next few days. Sun glare can result in drivers being temporarily dazzled or blinded by […]

THE Road Safety Authority (RSA), is asking Kerry road users to exercise caution while using the roads over the weekend as Met Eireann has issued an Orange weather warnings for strong winds on Saturday morning and a Yellow warning until 3pm that afternoon. Drivers are being warned that on top […]

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 […]

FIANNA Fáil TD for Kerry, Deputy John Brassil, has written to the Road Safety Authority to establish if the agency can devise a driving licence app which would override the need for people to carry their driving licence with them at all times. Deputy Brassil put forward the idea in […]

A CASTLEISLAND school has made the final five of the Road Safety Association’s Safe Cross Code Dance Competition 2019. The nationwide competition drew a large amount of entries, but now that the pupils in Murie Gan Smal NS made the shortlist, they really need your vote to help them win […]

A GARDA in Killarney has won an ‘Emergency Services Award’ at the RSA’s ‘Leading Lights’ awards. Sergeant Dermot O’Connell, Sergeant In Charge at Killarney Garda Station, was honoured by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) for his road safety initiative ‘Operation Páistí’ which addressed the serious lack of awareness among motorists […]

THE Road Safety Authority (RSA) is asking Kerry road users to exercise caution while using the roads on Thursday night and Friday morning as Storm Callum approaches. Strong winds associated with Storm Callum, coinciding with high spring tides will affect the county with winds strongest overnight and early on Friday, […]

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 […]

THEY’RE mad for making videos for competitions over in Ardfert NS. Yesterday, we told you about their anti-smoking campaign video, but this time they want to raise awareness of road safety. The Junior Infants have been shortlisted to the last five in the country with their RSA Safe Cross Code […]

THE Road Safety Authority’s ‘Check it Fits’ Service returns to Kerry next month. Research from the RSA service, which checks child car seats and restraints nationwide for free, has revealed that 4 out of 5 child car seats are incorrectly fitted nationwide. On the service’s most recent visit to Kerry […]

THE three Applegreen service stations in Tralee are giving out a free coffee or tea to drivers today (Friday) and Monday. The company has teamed up again with the Road Safety Authority Ireland to help drivers stay alert on Irish roads this Easter weekend. On Friday 30th March and Monday […]

THE RSA Check it Fits Service is coming to Tralee this Wednesday so you can check that child car seats and restraints are correctly fitted. This is a free service for parents to avail of practical advice and expert fitting of their child car seats. Research from the Road Safety Authority’s ‘Check […]

PUPILS at a school in Milltown are looking for people to view their video entry in a competition run by the Road Safety Association. The Nagle Rice School entered a competition encouraging children to stay safe on the roads. Carol O’Connor helped the teachers by creating a dance routine with all classes represented. Continued […]

PARENTS in Kerry are being urged to have their child’s car seat checked when the RSA ‘Check It Fits’ service visits four locations in the county next week. Research from the Road Safety Authority (RSA) indicates that as many as 4 out of 5 child car seats are incorrectly fitted. Continued […]

PARENTS in Tralee and other parts of the county are being urged to have their child’s car seat checked in town next week as research from the Road Safety Authority (RSA) indicates that as many as 4 out of 5 child car seats are incorrectly fitted. The RSA ‘Check it Fits’ service […]

  ACCORDING to statistics compiled from the RSA website, Tralee has dropped down in the list of best of places in the country to pass your driving test. The figures from the year 2014 show that we have dropped out of the top ten places for the first time since […]

DO you have a child’s car seat fitted in the back of your car? Well chances are it’s not fitted properly. Research from the Road Safety Authority (RSA) shows that as many as 4 out of 5 child car seats are incorrectly fitted nationwide. You can get your child’s car […]