Gardaí will revoke fines and penalty points issued to hundreds of people for speeding offences who were detected by a static speed camera in Kilkenny last month.
The decision to revoke the fines and penalty points was due to an error with the offence location on fixed charge notices related to a static safety camera located on the N25 in Kilkenny.
The error was due to “human error” when inputting the offence location onto the processing system, gardaí said.
“The error was rectified immediately upon its discovery on the 30th June 2025 and the Static Safety Camera resumed operations with detections from the 4th July 2025 being valid,” they said.
Gardaí said they are in the process of writing to each individual affected and refunds will be issued and penalty points removed where necessary.
A total of 914 fixed charge notices were issued between 30 May and 30 June in relation to the camera.
Some 128 notices were paid with penalty points applied while 56 were paid with the error being identified before points were applied.
Of the remaining 730 notices that were issued, no payment was made prior to the error being identified, therefore no penalty points were applied.
An Garda Síochána said it takes full responsibility for the error and has completed a review of all offence locations associated with static and average safety cameras.
The error only affected the static camera on the N25, gardaí said.
In statement, Garda Chief Superintendent of Roads Policing David Harrington said the error is “very much regretted”.
“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.
“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.”
Gardaí confirmed that additional oversight has been introduced in relation to the verification of offence locations on the fixed charge notice processing system prior to the any additional static or average safety cameras going live.
