Over 2 million individual driver numbers have already been collected by insurers and these will now be added to the Irish Motor Insurance Database (IMID).

The disabled parking permit is intended to benefit people who are most directly disadvantaged by parking that does not meet their needs. 

The amended provisions will come into effect on March 31st, 2025.

Gardaí utilise technology to determine the level of light that passes through the windows to determine their legality.

The number of insurance related summons and charges issued by An Garda Síochána reached 26,094 in 2024, up by 23 per cent from 21,198 in 2023.

if introduced, it would mean that after six years, a learner driver would have to begin the process again with a theory test, apply for a learner permit, 12 mandatory lessons, and a driving test.

Hundreds of people congregated at the church in the centre of the Gaeltacht village to say a sombre farewell to a much-loved young person.

Figures from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) also reveal how the M50 was by far the most lucrative toll road in the state in 2024.

Many drivers remain unaware that failure to provide their driver number in advance of their renewal date by March 31st will mean they cannot renew their car insurance

So far, 106 vehicles have been detected travelling in excess of the speed limit on National Slowdown Day.

Drivers should have to resit a theory test every time their licence is up for renewal, a Labour TD has said.

€211 million was made at the toll in 2024, up nearly 11 per cent on the previous year.

The N15 road between Killygordon and Castlefin was closed for a period.

Cars clogged up a main road and a car park at a filling station in Kells, Co Meath, on their quest for fuel today.

Speaking at the official sod turning of ground of a new Garda Station in Newcastle West, Patrick O'Donovan said a motorway between the two counties should be constructed “as soon as possible”.

One driver in Co Donegal was detected doing 156km/hr in a 100km/hr zone on the N15 Drumrat

Over the Christmas period alone, there were eight fatalities on Irish roads and 20 people received serious and life-threatening injuries.

Speed limits will be reduced from 80km/h to 60km/h across the country in the new year.

The fee for a driving license will increase from €55 to €65 from January 1st, with the price of an NCT rising to €60.

The new procedure means pursuits no longer have to automatically be called off when a chase goes contra-flow to traffic.

The research also found that more than half of drivers do not have equipment in their car which could prove vital if they become unintended pedestrians, regardless of the time of year.

The move is to try to reduce fatal and serious injury road crashes.

Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari will lead to a big shake-up on the Formula One grid.

Gardaí are being provided with an additional 10,000 'Drugwipe' test kits this year