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A small proportion of drivers who continue to offend against road safety rules are to be targeted in the latest pan-European crackdown on speeding that gets under way on Monday next.

Members of the Garda National Traffic Bureau are to take part in a week long focus on detecting speeding drivers, ahead of an even more stringent crackdown for the May bank holiday weekend.