Road Traffic Law

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has appealed to tens of thousands of long-term learner permit holders to sit their driving test to make Ireland's roads safer. According to RSA figures, there are over 41,000 drivers on their fourth or subsequent learner permit, and over 8,600 who are on their tenth o

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has called for an urgent meeting with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris over what it views as the "downgrading of road safety" in his restructuring plans. Mr Harris yesterday revealed his proposed new operating model for An Garda Síochána, implementing key

Road safety officials have called for an investigation into wildly disparate conviction rates for drink driving offences in different Irish counties. New Courts Service figures have revealed that a third of motorists prosecuted for drink driving avoid a conviction, RTÉ reports.

Tens of thousands of Irish motorists are driving with UK licenses in spite of a warning that they could become invalid after a no-deal Brexit. Up to 40,000 people are still driving with a UK license, according to new figures from the National Driver License Service (NDLS), The Irish Times reports.

A garda who was involved in a "traumatic" road traffic collision in Mullingar, in which large pieces of wood entered through the body of the car while his young children were in the back seat,  has been awarded €90,000 in the High Court. Accepting that the man continued to suffer problems

The number of motorists banned from driving in the State has risen sharply this year amid increased enforcement by gardaí, according to new figures. The Department of Transport has said that 8,090 motorists were disqualified from driving between January and July this year, against a total of

Motorists have been fined more than £4 million over the past four years for driving in Belfast's bus lanes. A third-party contractor uses fixed CCTV cameras and a mobile CCTV camera vehicle to record unauthorised vehicles illegally driving in bus lanes.

Almost three-quarters of the Garda Inspectorate's recommendations on modernising the fixed charge processing system (FCPS) have been implemented, according to a new report. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan and Transport Minister Shane Ross today published a progress report on the implementation of

The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has launched a public consultation on its updated policy covering the prosecution of road traffic offences. The policy document explains the approach of the PPS in taking prosecutorial decisions in respect of road traffic offences.

In a matter which came before the High Court by way of consultative case stated, Mr Justice Garrett Simons found that the evidential presumption of validity under s. 20(1) of the Road Traffic Act 2010 applies to a photocopy of a breathalyser statement produced pursuant to s.13 of the Road Traffic Ac

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and An Garda Síochána are set to launch their biggest Easter road safety campaign in years following an 11 per cent increase in road fatalities. There have been 50 road deaths in Ireland this year so far, compared to 45 over the same period last year, th

A third of court appeals against driver disqualification are successful, according to new figures. Of the more than 10,000 drivers who were banned from driving last year, 2,830 launched an appeal.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has referred a Northern Ireland man's drink driving conviction to the County Court. William Smith, represented by Harte Coyle Solicitors, was convicted in his absence at Belfast Magistrates Court in June 2011 in relation to a drink driving offence committe

The lawfulness of a man’s detention was referred to the High Court by way of case stated, after a complaint was made regarding the two-hour delay in a doctor arriving at the Garda station for the purposes of taking a sample of urine. Finding that the doctor attending an emergency was a reasona

New research has found a link between stricter road traffic laws and a fall in child deaths on Irish roads over the past two-and-a-half decades. Researchers Dr Cliona McGarvey, Karina Hamilton, Jean Donnelly and Alf J Nicholson of Temple Street Children's University Hospital have published their fin