It comes as part of a Garda Roads Policing operation for the May bank holiday weekend, which runs until Tuesday.

Close to 110 drivers were also detected holding a mobile phone or not wearing a seatbelt.

In Dublin, more than 110,000 passengers are expected to travel through the airport every day between Friday and Monday.

Between Friday and Monday, Dublin Airport is expecting to welcome just over 447,000 passengers, including 229,000 departing and 218,000 incoming passengers.

With many Irish people hoping to take advantage of the long weekend by jetting away for some sun, the power outage which hit Spain, Portugal, and some of France on Monday has undoubtedly heightened anxiety.