Road Traffic Law

The Supreme Court has determined that prior to the amendments introduced by s.13 of the Road Traffic Act 2024, the Road Traffic Act 2010 still required drivers to wait at checkpoints pending the outcome of a roadside drug test. Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court, Ms Justice Iseult O’Mal

Motorists will be required to provide their driver number, and those of any named drivers, to their vehicle insurer when taking out motor insurance policies under legislation coming into effect next year. The law, coming into effect on 31 March 2025, will also require all insurers, and intermediarie

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is to be reformed into two independent agencies following an external review. The separation of the two key responsibilities of the RSA — the delivery of road safety customer services and wider road safety public interest activities — was one of the main r

The Supreme Court has refused to overrule its previous decision in DPP v. Freeman in the context of an appeal concerning the inadmissibility of statements produced by an intoxilyser where a “sequencing error” occurred. Delivering the lead judgment for the Supreme Court, Ms Justice Iseult

New legislation is to streamline information on road collisions and end the need for paper tax discs. The Roads Bill 2024 will provide the necessary legislative basis to facilitate the flow of information so that local authorities, in their role as road authorities, may request, receive, and process

Recording and sharing images of victims of road traffic accidents would become a criminal offence under a private member's bill proposed in the Dáil. The Protection of Accident Victims from Non-Consensual Recording of Images Bill 2022, introduced by Labour's Duncan Smith, provides for fines o

Mandatory roadside drug testing for drivers involved in serious collisions will come into effect from midnight on Friday. The minister of state for transport, Jack Chambers, has signed into law the commencement order for Part 4 of the Road Traffic Act 2024.

Ireland has missed a deadline to implement new EU rules aimed at decarbonising road freight transport. The European Commission is sending a letter of formal notice to 16 member states, including Ireland, who have failed to communicate the full transposition into national law of the amended Eurovigne

The High Court has quashed a drug driving conviction where the Circuit Court found by implication that the arresting garda had formed the requisite opinion that the applicant had committed an offence under s. 4(1A) of the Road Traffic Act 2010. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Marg

The High Court has found that gardaí did not have adequate regard to the An Garda Siochána Code when attempting a ‘compliant stop’ of a civilian vehicle which resulted in a collision. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Tony O’ Connor stated that &ldquo

Legislation aiming to improve road safety, including by closing a so-called loophole allowing some motorists to avoid a six-month driving ban, will be enacted as soon as possible following its approval by the Oireachtas.

The Court of Appeal has determined that personal injuries proceedings will remain discontinued as against the Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) where a compromise was reached between the parties and where the plaintiff's ex parte application to set aside its notice of discontinuance was

JMK Solicitors has successfully appealed a decision of the Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB) on behalf of a 20-year-old woman who was seriously injured after a road traffic accident in Downpatrick. The woman was the driver and sole occupant of her car and was on her way to work when she lost control on a

New road traffic legislation will close a so-called loophole allowing some motorists to avoid a six-month driving ban. The Road Traffic Bill 2023 aims to provide for penalty point reform, mandatory drug testing at the scene of serious collisions and safer speed limits.

Road traffic legislation should be urgently amended to close a so-called loophole which has helped some motorists avoid six-month driving bans, Fianna Fáil's justice spokesperson has said. Concerns have been raised about section 2.8 of the Road Traffic Act 2002 which provides: "Where, upon co