More than 900 speeding fines and penalty points received by motorists from a fixed speed camera in Co Kilkenny have been cancelled due to “human error” in processing the alleged offences, An Garda Síochána has said.
The Garda said it has begun writing to motorists to inform them fines and penalty points issued for speeding offences on the N25 in Kilkenny that had been detected by the static speed safety camera system between May 30th, 2025 and June 30th, 2025 are being revoked.
A total of 914 speeding fixed charge notices were issued over this period. Of the total, 128 notices were paid and penalty points were applied.
Fifty-six were paid but the error was identified before penalty points were applied. No payment had been received in the remaining 730 notices and no penalty points had been applied.
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A Garda statement said the service had confirmed an error with the “offence location on fixed charge notices” from the static safety camera located on the N2 in Co Kilkenny.
“This error is a result of human error when inputting the offence location onto the processing system,” it said.
The error was “rectified immediately upon its discovery” on June 2025 and the camera resumed operations, with detections from July 4th “being valid”, it said.
There were no summons issued relating to non-payment of these fines within the prescribed time.
“An Garda Síochána takes full responsibility for this error and has completed a review of all offence locations associated with Static and Average Safety Cameras. This error only affected the static camera on the N25.”
Additional oversight has been introduced to the verification of offence locations on the fixed charge notice (FCN) processing system, it said.
“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. This error is very much regretted,” Chief Supt for roads policing, David Harrington said.
“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,” he said.
The Departments of Justice and Transport, the Policing and Community Safety Authority, the Road Safety Authority, and the Safety Camera Board have been informed, the statement said.
It said the Garda is writing to all affected drivers and refunds will be issued and penalty points removed where necessary.
While affected motorists do not need to take any action, they can phone the FCN Help Desk at 0818 50 60 80 if they have concerns.
In February, the Garda said nearly 2,000 motorists given fines and penalty points on the N17 would have them revoked.
The reprieves were granted because the static speed safety camera on the Co Mayo road was found to lack the necessary certification. The revocations relate to a period spanning nearly two months, from December 20th last to February 12th.
In a statement, the Garda press office said gardaí and the safety camera provider, GoSafe, identified an issue with the static speed camera on the N17 near Claremorris on February 12th.
It was “fully functional and accurately identifying offences” but was not “certified”, the statement said.
“It is standard procedure that all cameras used for speeding detection have valid calibration certificates issued by GoSafe,” it said.
Once the issue was identified, the camera was certified on February 13th and has been operational since February 14th. More than 230 speeding fines have issued from this camera system since that date and these are valid, the Garda said.
