Road Traffic Law

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

A young Enniskillen man who admitted driving without insurance swore at his mum in court after she revealed his previous conviction for speeding to the judge. Judge Peter Magill, sitting in Dungannon Magistrates' Court, doubled 19-year-old Nathan White's driving ban after his mother's intervention.

District Court judges have been advised that motorists appearing in court who have a previous spent conviction for motoring offences should not be treated as first-time offenders. Mr Justice Seamus Noonan of the High Court ruled on the matter after a consultative case stated by Judge Gerard Haughton

Irish motorists travelling to Northern Ireland will need a "Green Card" to demonstrate to authorities that their vehicle has valid motor insurance if there is a no-deal Brexit, an insurance body has warned. The Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) said insurers and insurance brokers will begin i

A man whose suspended sentence for driving offences was reactivated after he was convicted of dangerous driving causing death and serious bodily harm has successfully argued that he is entitled to the benefit of the declaration of unconstitutionality in Moore. Delivering the leading judgment of the