Taoiseach and RSA to meet today amid spike in road deaths and injuries
Harris has said cutting the number of deaths on the roads was a priority for him
The Taoiseach is to hold a meeting on Monday with the Road Safety Authority (RSA) to discuss a worrying upward trend in traffic fatalities.
The meeting will discuss the spike in deaths and serious injury on Irish roads, and what measures could be examined to address the reversal of progress made in recent years on fatalities.
A spokesperson said Harris was eager to meet the RSA ahead of chairing a meeting of the Government's road safety ministerial committee in the coming weeks.
So far this year, 63 people have died on our roads, with the death toll climbing by an alarming 31 per cent compared with the same period in 2023. Almost half of the road deaths this year involved people under the age of 30.