This scheme is being rolled out initially on a pilot basis, with Garda GoSafe cameras used to record motorists using the crossings. The cameras will automatically issue fines of €160 for speeding and €80 for breaking a red light, while drivers will also be liable for three penalty points. According to Iarnród Éireann, the cameras are designed to be easily relocatable and will be deployed where needed. This scheme is welcome, particularly if we have dozens of incidents at level crossings. Given the speed of trains, there is a significant threat to life if a motorist disregards warning signals and tries to cross when it is unsafe. Yet, there is also an obvious question to be asked. Given the carnage on our roads, surely such cameras should be installed at traffic lights all around the country? A driver avoided jail earlier this week for breaking a red light in Dublin and hitting a pensioner in her eighties, leaving her with serious and life-changing injuries. Many of us could share similar stories of red lights being ignored by a variety of road users, all of whom seem able to break the law with impunity. This level crossing camera scheme is welcome, but a similar project centred on some of the busiest road intersections around the country would ensure better driving discipline — and prevent some catastrophic accidents. Club windfall Irish soccer international Caoimhín Kelleher completed his €15m transfer from Premier League champions Liverpool to Brentford this week. The 26-year-old Corkman has enjoyed several successful years at Liverpool but has clearly moved to get more first-team action with the London club. Kelleher’s career is not the only beneficiary of the move. Because he left Liverpool with a year remaining on his contract, a clause brokered by his schoolboy club was activated. Ringmahon Rangers will now receive a minimum of €3m, with specific milestones around appearances and league position, triggering add-on payments. That payout comes from Liverpool, but Fifa’s statute of solidarity payments means Ringmahon will also receive a payment from Brentford, believed to be approximately €750,000. As Kelleher spent some time with Rockmount AFC (Roy Keane’s first club), they will also receive a portion of the main payout — some €600,000 — and a small cut of the Fifa solidarity payment. It is fitting that the clubs which trained Kelleher and brought him through to professional success should benefit. It is also fitting that the two clubs involved — Ringmahon Rangers and Rockmount — are both well known for their commitment to their communities and for the time and energy they invest in their underage structures. The windfall from the transfer could hardly go to better organisations in terms of the benefit to the clubs themselves and to their respective catchment areas.