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Irish motorists face up to 10 months wait for driving tests with longest in Dublin and Meath centres

Road safety group renews criticism over unaccompanied learners and those renewing permits without sitting tests

Car crashes due to fatigue could be ‘entirely eliminated’ by AI-powered sensor

'The future of this technology, whether it is us or somebody else designing it, will be in every car in the world in about 10 years time,' says Tom Farrell of CameraMatics

Man (30s) killed in ‘freak incident’ on ride-on lawnmower is named locally

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to incident in Co Tipperary and separate road fatality in Co Waterford

Driver who knocked down and killed boy (9) and went to pub after incident jailed for five years

Sergee Kelly fled the scene after knocking down Ronan Wilson, but the incident was captured on CCTV

Motorcyclist in his 30s dies following collision in Askeaton, Co Limerick

Gardaí appeal for any witnesses who were in the Cloonreask townland on Wednesday

Funeral of girl (6) killed while cycling in Galway to take place

Ula Grigaitytė’s bicycle collided with heavy goods vehicle at the junction of Headford Road and Sandyvale Lawn on Saturday

Tributes paid to teenager fatally struck by tractor

Michael Coffey died at the scene of incident at Beaufort, Co Kerry, on Monday evening

Man (50s) dies in Co Mayo road crash

Fatal incident occurred near Ballyhaunis late on Monday evening

Two women killed in Cork crash named as weekend roads death toll rises to five

Mary Coughlan (64) and Susan O’Sullivan (41) died in north Cork, while pedestrian (30s) dies in hospital after Co Kilkenny incident

Leo Varadkar confirms he will feature in RTÉ travel show and rules out presidential bid

Former Fine Gael leader also confirms he begins advisory role with US-based PR firm Penta on April 10th, a year and two days after he stepped down as taoiseach

Leo Varadkar recalls grandfather’s death as he welcomes new law aimed at keeping disqualified drivers off roads

Technology problems mean not all of the new legislation can be enacted on Monday

Minister signs order closing penalty points loophole

Minister says drivers who reach penalty point threshold will now ‘always face the appropriate penalty’

Judge at centre of controversy over 24-hour driving disqualification orders is no stranger to making headlines

Judge at centre of controversy over 24-hour driving disqualification orders is known for tough treatment of speeding offenders

Man (50s) arrested in Belfast after two police cars rammed during pursuit

Four officers sustained minor injuries during ‘completely reckless and dangerous’ incident

Legislative pantomime to fix penalty points loophole is not as absurd as it seems

Government has no record of number of ancillary disqualifications given in lieu of penalty points

Dublin company behind glow-in-the-dark road markings that could be a lifesaver

Trials in Sligo show positive results but the experience elsewhere has been mixed, despite potential for lower emissions and less environmental disruption

Two killed on roads over bank holiday weekend as more than 500 cars seized

Garda road safety campaign catches 900 motorists speeding, some at more than twice the speed limit

Garda to increase presence on roads over St Patrick’s weekend as it targets drink-driving

Garda catches one person driving under the influence every hour on average and figure is expected to rise this weekend

Crashes on the M50 are ‘due to volume of traffic and lack of attention’

Number of fatal crashes involving motorbikes have occurred on same stretch of the motorway in recent years

M50 crash: Tributes paid to motorcyclist known as ‘Danish Paddy’ after death in collision

Christian Rasmussen (51) died when his motorcycle was in a collision with the car on the motorway

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