TAOISEACH'S CAR RECORDED BREAKING THE SPEED LIMIT IN KILREEKIL

Date Published: 21-Sep-2008

The Taoiseach's car was recorded breaking the speed limit on one of Galway's most dangerous stretches of road in Kilreekil earlier this weekThe Irish Mail on Sunday has been using a state of the art certified police radar gun to monitor government cars It recorded the Taoiseach's car travelling at approximately 106 kilometres per hour in the 80 kilometre zone of the Galway to Dublin road in KilreekilBy law, the cars of the Taoiseach and senior ministers are exempt from speeding regulations to allow cabintet members carry out urgent functions of stateHowever it's been pointed out that last Monday Mr Cowen was travelling to a Fianna Fail function, not an official government engagementRoad Safety Authority chief executive Noel Brett says he has viewed the Kilreekil footage, and other footage involving government cars travelling at excessive speed