Dublin also has the second-highest number of direction-based searches in the world.

The app systems continuously monitor driving test centres across the State, giving learner drivers the edge in securing earlier test dates.

Garda figures show that 5,848 drivers were caught and fined in 2024 for not wearing a seatbelt

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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.

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

A local woman, Nicola Glynn, and her then 12-year-old nephew, Harry, were flung from the steam engine after it was rear-ended by the defendant’s 08-registered Hyundai Accent.

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

The RSA has called for driver distraction to be 'stigmatised, not normalised'

The survey from The AA garnered responses from over 2,600 respondents and uncovered some trends in driving behaviour and etiquette on Irish roads.

The MMA star asked, "Are you taking the piss?" when a garda who drove at 160 km/h to catch him eventually asked him to step out of his Bentley Continental GT convertible

The Garda Commissioner has pledged to crack down on the number of drivers who speed.

The issue of drivers constantly renewing their learner permits is to be addressed once the testing backlog is cleared

Gardaí said they put in place an extensive road policing operation from last Thursday until Tuesday morning.

Three drivers were arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving on National Slow Down Day

Helen McEntee said the number of people killed in road crashes since the beginning of the year is ‘far too high’.

Weather warnings mean motorists should take extra care on the roads.