After the vehicle was stopped, local Gardaí recorded further road traffic offences.

Gardaí found the driver asleep at the wheel with the car parked on the hard shoulder of a national road.

The Roads Policing Unit in Roscommon seized the car after finding it being driven by an unaccompanied learner driver with no insurance

The operation focused on what Gardaí called the four life saver offenses.

As of today 135 people have been killed on Irish roads, with two men dying in separate incidents in Louth and Tipperary overnight.

Both motorists were found to be driving while disqualified.

Checkpoints were conducted over the weekend.

All three motorists will face a court date.