# penalty-points - Thursday 25 August, 2022
# The Points
# The Points
The controversial investigation has been ongoing for more than three years.
# penalty-points - Friday 15 July, 2022
# Summary Justice
# Summary Justice
The new rules will be activated at the end of the month.
# penalty-points - Sunday 26 December, 2021
# Penalty Points
# Penalty Points
A total of 540,174 people had points on their licences on 30 September 2021.
# penalty-points - Tuesday 23 November, 2021
# Gra Conference
# Gra Conference
Suspended members have been left in the dark while suspended from duty, the GRA conference heard.
# penalty-points - Wednesday 7 April, 2021
# NET LOSS
# NET LOSS
Noteworthy delves into the Government meetings, letters and emails behind the new penalty points regulation for fishers.
# penalty-points - Saturday 26 December, 2020
# Penalty Points
# Penalty Points
A total of 510,269 people had points on their licences on 30 September 2020.
# penalty-points - Thursday 23 January, 2020
# Penalty Points
# Penalty Points
Gardaí must prove they were exceeding the speed limit as they carried out their duty.
# penalty-points - Monday 13 January, 2020
# Stats
# Stats
By far, the most common offence detected and which led to a driver being disqualified is speeding.
# penalty-points - Saturday 28 December, 2019
# Penalty Points
# Penalty Points
The highest number of points were in Dublin, with 106,545.
# penalty-points - Monday 25 November, 2019
# Graduated Speeding
# Graduated Speeding
Under the new system, drivers who speed excessively will be hit with heavier penalties.
# penalty-points - Thursday 1 August, 2019
# Penalty Points
# Penalty Points
The matter has been adjourned until November.
# penalty-points - Saturday 27 July, 2019
# Penalty Points
# Penalty Points
Marc Mac Sharry TD said the legacy of declining Garda numbers has had an impact on the drop in figures.
# penalty-points - Tuesday 9 July, 2019
# Fishing
# Fishing
The government has previously tried to implement the points system – in 2014, 2016 and 2018 – failing each time.
# penalty-points - Wednesday 26 December, 2018
# FOI
# FOI
The highest number of points were in Dublin, with 108,104.
# penalty-points - Tuesday 18 December, 2018
# Fines
# Fines
The general scheme of the Bill was approved this afternoon.
# penalty-points - Tuesday 11 December, 2018
# Speeding
# Speeding
A graduated penalty system for speeding will be introduced where the speed limit is exceeded by 30kph.
# Your Say
# Your Say
Minister for Transport Shane Ross is proposing drivers should be fined in such instances.
# penalty-points - Monday 1 October, 2018
# Penalty Points
# Penalty Points
Gardaí issued fixed charge penalty notices to the owners of vehicles parked on the same footpath.
# penalty-points - Tuesday 14 August, 2018
# Pay Up
# Pay Up
Motorists continue to park on cycle lane because they face no consequences for doing so, said the party.
# penalty-points - Friday 10 August, 2018
# Penalty Points
# Penalty Points
The motorist was caught by gardaí in Dublin today.
# penalty-points - Sunday 5 August, 2018
# Penalty Points
# Penalty Points
Transport Minister Shane Ross said he hopes to have a general scheme for the legislation ready by Christmas.
# penalty-points - Wednesday 6 June, 2018
# Disclosures Tribunal
# Disclosures Tribunal
A retired assistant commissioner, and a superintendent in the communications section, gave evidence at Dublin Castle this morning.
# penalty-points - Monday 5 February, 2018
# Penalty Points
# Penalty Points
Two points and an €80 fine for one motorist last year.
# penalty-points - Thursday 28 December, 2017
# Irish Roads
# Irish Roads
The majority of drivers had three penalty points (400,502), while 59,404 had six points and 42,700 had two.
# penalty-points - Friday 1 December, 2017
# Vindicated
# Vindicated
Gsoc today released a damning report showing the cancellation of around 75,000 fixed charge notices.
# penalty-points - Tuesday 14 November, 2017
# Column
# Column
I think it would be more in the government’s line to catch criminals who are breaking into elderly people’s homes and jail them, writes Michael Healy Rae.
# penalty-points - Friday 3 November, 2017
# Fixed Charge Notice
# Fixed Charge Notice
Alan O’Callaghan was faced with a fixed charge penalty notice prosecution.
# penalty-points - Tuesday 10 October, 2017
# Going Up
# Going Up
Minister for Transport Shane Ross said he was willing to raise the points.
# penalty-points - Thursday 15 June, 2017
# No Restraint
# No Restraint
Some of the offences related to under-17s passengers.
# penalty-points - Wednesday 7 June, 2017
# Gender Gap
# Gender Gap
Since the introduction of penalty points Ireland’s male drivers have received the lion’s share of fixed charge notices for road infractions.
# penalty-points - Tuesday 6 June, 2017
# Your Say
# Your Say
Incurring penalty points can make your insurance more expensive and even disqualify you from driving.
# Pay The Penalty
# Pay The Penalty
Some counties with the worst road fatality records in Ireland incur the least penalty points in the country.
# penalty-points - Wednesday 12 April, 2017
# Penalty Points
From The42
# Penalty Points
“We are not going to encourage our players to go down,” said Stephen Kenny. “We have our values.”
# penalty-points - Monday 19 December, 2016
# Not Covered
# Not Covered
The Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) said it was deeply concerned with the spike in numbers.
# penalty-points - Friday 18 November, 2016
# Your Say
# Your Say
The RSA says increased penalty points have resulted in changes in the behaviour of drivers.
# penalty-points - Tuesday 21 June, 2016
# Missed Penalties
# Missed Penalties
The loophole has seen roughly 7,500 cases annually thrown out of court.
# penalty-points - Saturday 7 May, 2016
# Penalty Points
# Penalty Points
More than 28,000 people were caught using their phone while driving last year.
# penalty-points - Saturday 24 October, 2015
# Your Say
# Your Say
Or do they still deserve some privacy?
# penalty-points - Tuesday 29 September, 2015
# Penalty Points
# Penalty Points
The Department of Justice has reported that 1,526 drivers avoided penalty points by donating to the court poor box from January 2014- May 2015.
# penalty-points - Sunday 23 August, 2015
# Written In The Stars
# Written In The Stars
It’s Sunday and AA Ireland’s tongue is firmly in its cheek with this analysis.
Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers
Max: 13 °C
Min: 7 °C
Sun and clouds with a couple of showers
Max: 13 °C
Min: 6 °C
Partly sunny
Max: 15 °C
Min: 8 °C
