Over 5,000 Fines Issued By Kildare Gardai To Motorists Holding Phones Behind The Wheel.

Monday, 8 November 2021 14:00

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkettciara

Nationally, 105,000 FCNs were issued in that period.

Over 5,000 fixed charged notices were issued to drivers in Kildare for holding phones will on the road.

The FCNs were issued in a three and a half year period, from 2018.

Data released to Kildare North Social Democrat TD, Catherine Murphy, shows the peak is to date this year.

2,071 fines have been issued in the county, up to October 31st.

Nationally, 105,000 FCNs were issued in that period.

2018	2019	2020	2021*
Cavan/Monaghan	1136	992	642	248
Clare	910	584	662	380
Cork City	1625	1333	1258	1313
Cork North	1142	1170	928	605
Cork West	696	621	529	360
D.M.R. Eastern	1078	980	685	351
D.M.R. North Central	684	584	570	498
D.M.R. Northern	932	1235	962	837
D.M.R. South Central	973	1083	593	308
D.M.R. Southern	1113	1029	669	406
D.M.R. Western	1678	1599	1571	1031
Donegal	460	613	578	438
Galway Div	2732	2253	1534	683
Kerry	1078	1119	806	812
Kildare Div	1591	1244	1601	2071
Kilkenny/Carlow	1429	1122	1338	1206
Laois/Offaly	1344	1041	814	1083
Limerick	2524	2264	942	720
Louth Div	630	439	846	531
Mayo	717	1320	907	871
Meath Div	641	698	1250	1327
Roscommon/Longford Div	714	614	421	311
Sligo/Leitrim	682	745	237	262
Tipperary	716	745	796	811
Waterford Div	1024	805	1090	1098
Westmeath Div	443	351	355	510
Wexford Div	1620	1584	1237	794
Wicklow Div	862	939	657	549
National	31174	29106	24478	20414

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