Tommy Broughan
The provision makes it an offence for the owner of a vehicle to allow it to be driven by a learner who is driving unaccompanied.
Legal issues delay unaccompanied learner driver rules, says Minister

Legal issues are delaying the implementation of regulations on unaccompanied learner drivers, Minister for Transport Shane Ross has told the Dáil. In(...)

A protest outside the Department of Agriculture over greyhound exploitation. A Dáil debate has heard the dogs have a lifespan of 14 years but in Ireland the average was three to four years. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times.
More than 16,500 calls to animal cruelty helpline this year

More than 16,500 calls have been received by the National Animal Cruelty helpline this year, bringing the total number of contacts to some 53,000 sinc(...)

Road Safety Authority says distracted driving could be a factor in up to 30 per cent of all collisions. Photograph: iStock
Penalty points constant as drivers continue illegal use of phones

Motorists are continuing to use their mobile phones while driving despite fines and the imposition of penalty points, new figures show. The number o(...)

Road safety: behaviour and compliance

Three more fatalities on our roads over the bank holiday weekend have pushed the death toll to almost 100 so far this year while, in the first four mo(...)

In the first three months of new checkpoints, the only motorists who tested positive for the presence of drugs were from the Dublin region. Photograph: Eric Luke
Just 11 drivers have tested positive for drugs at new checkpoints

Figures from An Garda Síochána show just 11 motorists have tested positive for driving under the influence of drugs at new Garda roadside checkpoints (...)

The Thornton Hall site in North Dublin, which was purchased in 2005. Photograph: Alan Betson
Prison site bought by State has cost €660,000 to maintain

More than €660,000 has been spent in the last four years on maintenance at the Thornton Hall site in North Dublin, which was bought 12 years ago to ho(...)

Arrests for driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol has seen a rise. Photograph: Eric Luke/File
Intoxicated driving arrests on rise since breath test scandal

More people were arrested for suspected driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol in April this year than any month since 2012, Garda traffic st(...)

Noel Clancy, of Kilworth, Co Cork, whose wife Geraldine and daughter Louise were killed in a crash in November 2015, said he could not believe it when he received a bill of €1,940 for copies of Garda documents following his loved-ones’ inquest. File photograph: Cork Courts Limited
Fees charged to crash victim families should be repaid - Parc

A man whose wife and daughter were killed in a road traffic collision has called for fees charged to bereaved families for Garda documents since Janua(...)

The State has paid out more than €15.2 million to settle claims arising from traffic collisions involving members of An Garda Síochána since 2011.
State pays €15.2m in six years to settle claims over Garda crashes

The State has paid out more than €15.2 million to settle claims arising from traffic collisions involving members of An Garda Síochána since 2011. A(...)

Dogs Trust has warned that controversy around cases such as the halting in the UK of the export of greyhounds from Ireland to China were seriously damaging to Ireland’s animal welfare reputation. Photograph: iStock
Call for ‘white list’ of countries for export of Irish greyhounds

The Government is under pressure to create a “white list” of countries that meet minimum animal welfare standards to allow the export of greyhounds. (...)

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