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Motorists shell out €4m to replace driving licences in last six years

National Driving Licence Service received nearly 114,000 applications for replacements between 2019 and 2024

Lucky escape for driver after car breaches sea wall in Dunmore East

Access to beach has been restricted owing to damage to wall

Three women killed in separate crashes in Cos Kilkenny, Tipperary and Down

Woman in her 50s and 18-year-old Leaving Cert student die in crashes in Republic, and woman in her 60s killed in North

Leaving Cert student killed after car entered river in Co Tipperary named

Brónagh English (18) remembered as a ‘beautiful and highly respected person’

More than 2,000 drivers affected by High Court’s dismissal of challenge over alleged speeding in average speed zone

Ms Justice Miriam O’Regan, in a judgment on Wednesday, determined the key legal issues in Edel O’Brien’s test case in favour of the DPP

Boy (4) who died after being struck by car in Mullingar was riding scooter

Boy celebrated his fourth birthday on Saturday

Two women and two children taken to hospital after collision in Co Sligo

Gardaí say boy (9), girl (3) and women in their 20s and 40s suffered serious injuries in incident on N59 at Ballysadare on Monday

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

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