David Labanyi

David Labanyi

Online News Editor

David Labanyi is a member of the Irish Times Newsdesk. He has written extensively on transport and road safety. Prior to joining the Newsdesk he spent three years with the Finance Department.

Detection: three-quarters of drivers believe fewer gardaí are on traffic-enforcement duties. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Road safety disputed as penalty notices drop 37%

Garda says fall in fixed-penalty notices is down to better driving and effective enforcement. Road Safety Authority concerned abou(...)

System blamed for low number of alcohol tests

A law introduced to ensure drivers involved in a serious collision are tested for alcohol is not functioning effectively because…

Alcohol tests still not carried on all drivers in fatal, serious crashes

Gardaí are continuing to exercise discretion in deciding not to test drivers involved in serious collisions for alcohol consumptio(...)

Learner drivers face penalty points

A new range of penalty points for motoring offences has been approved by Cabinet in the latest iteration of the Road Traffic …

Drivers 'must bring licence to court'

Court summons relating to road traffic offences will from next month state the requirement to bring a licence to court so penalty…

New vehicle testing Bill approved

Legislation that will see responsibility for commercial vehicle testing transfer from local authorities to the Road Safety Authori(...)

L-plate drivers face penalty point increase

Learner motorists caught driving unaccompanied will shortly face a sanction of two penalty points with a further two for failing…

Penalty point review to target learner drivers

TOUGHER PENALTIES for learner motorists who drive unaccompanied or fail to display L-plates are under consideration by the Ministe(...)

Call for access to data on stolen cars

THE FORMER HEAD of the Garda stolen-vehicle unit has called for information on car thefts to be made available to third parties…

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A firefighter tries to put out a fire at a plantation in Rokan Hilir district, Riau province, Indonesia. Riau authorities have deployed two fire brigade teams in Bengkalis district and Dumai to control peatland fires, Antara News Agency reported. The fires are being blamed for dense smog in neighbouring Singapore. Photograph: Aswaddy Hamid/Reuters Singaporean smog and Indonesian fires
This is Nanoweek 2013, and to mark it an exhibition, NanoArt 13, of 100 ‘nanolandscapes’ (research images, at a scale thousands of times smaller than a grain of salt) is being held at Trinity College Dublin, the Tryskell Arts Centre in Cork and the Tyndall National Institute at UCC. Here is a selection of the images. Above, 'Insect egg on a Leaf' by Patrick Carolan, Tyndall National Institute. Insect egg on underside of leaf. Stuff you never get to see

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Watch the comedian (through your fingers, if you must) tear the Morning Joe crew on MSNBC apart.
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The rapper you might love to hate is still producing gems
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