Road Traffic Law

A new agreement has paved the way for the reciprocal exchange of driving licences between Ireland and Moldova. The agreement signed at Leinster House during a visit by the Moldovan president provides for the mutual recognition and exchange of driving licences between the two countries.

An explicit ban on the use of scramblers in public places is to take effect from tomorrow. The Road Traffic (Control of Certain Vehicles) Regulations 2026 are intended to strengthen existing provisions and powers of enforcement by An Garda Síochána.

An appeal with implications for hundreds of drink-driving cases across the State has come before the Supreme Court. The High Court last August quashed a drink-driving conviction which followed a trial where the prosecution failed to lead evidence on the chain of custody of a blood sample.

A new Motor Insurance Transparency Code has been published in a bid to improve how insurance premiums are presented to consumers. The code has been developed by a working group comprising insurers and intermediaries, with the support of the Department of Finance and the Central Bank of Ireland, and

The High Court has determined that the trial of a Garda for road traffic offences should not be remitted back to the District Court for re-hearing where the trial had not been conducted in due course of law. Delivering judgment for the High Court in December, Ms Justice Denise Brett found that the a

A total of 19,673 vehicles were seized by An Garda Síochána for driving without insurance in 2025, according to a new report. The Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) today published the 2025 annual report of the Irish Motor Insurance Database (IMID), which gardaí can use to

A total ban on the use of scramblers in public places is to be introduced in response to the death of 16-year-old Grace Lynch. New regulations will close any gaps where scrambler use may previously have been legal outside of appropriate off-road settings, and enhance Garda powers of seizure to reduc

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has dismissed a complaint of discrimination from a Brazilian national refused an exchange of his Portuguese driving licence for an Irish one. Leonardo De Oliveira Lima brought proceedings against the Road Safety Authority (RSA) under the Equal Status Act 2000

A formal complaint has been lodged against a judge who branded cyclists "a nightmare" as he ruled on a personal injury claim brought by a cyclist who suffered a brain injury in a collision. Judge James O’Donohoe said he was taking judicial notice of his own experience as a motorist as he ruled

Cycling groups have called on a judge to withdraw his remarks that cyclists "have become a nightmare in Dublin". Judge James O'Donohoe made the remarks in the Dublin Circuit Civil Court as he ruled on a personal injury action brought by a cyclist who suffered a brain injury following a collision wit

The Court of Appeal has determined that a technical point in a clamping case met the threshold of arguability for the purposes of granting leave to bring judicial review. Delivering the leading judgment for the Court of Appeal in December, Ms Justice Niamh Hyland was not persuaded that the law is so

Learner drivers will no longer be allowed to repeatedly renew their learner permits without taking a driving test. Regulations now in effect mean that learner drivers who have held a permit in category A, A1, A2, AM, B or W for four years will have to take a practical driving test before renewing th

New legislation is to tackle inconsiderate pavement parking across Northern Ireland. Infrastructure minister Liz Kimmins said secondary legislation would be brought forward to ban parking wholly on a pavement or across dropped kerbs for pedestrian access, as well as banning double parking.

The Court of Appeal has affirmed the answers of the High Court given in response to a case stated concerning whether fair procedures require Gardaí to warn of the ramifications of electing to provide a blood or urine sample pursuant to a request under s.12(1)(b) of the Road Traffic Act 2010.

A damning report has found that some gardaí brazenly refuse to do their jobs properly and face virtually no consequences for it. An Garda Síochána yesterday published a report into Garda roads policing units (RPUs) which consultancy firm Crowe was commissioned in February 2024 t