Almost 83,000 people are now on the waiting list for driving tests around the country. Some learner drivers are waiting up to six months for a test in some areas. Independent Senator Victor Boyhan ...

Learner drivers who have not passed their driving test after seven years will be required to take additional driving lessons in order to go back on the road, under new Government proposals.

Confusion over the location of two west Dublin driving test centres has resulted in learner drivers missing appointments and the centres having higher than average “no show” rates. The centres in ...

New laws will stop motorists from repeatedly applying for learner permits without sitting a ­driving test. It comes as latest data shows more than 290,000 motorists drive on a learner permit in ...

The Department of Transport has suggested legislating to restrict learner drivers to no more than four consecutive learner permits and to no more than two consecutive permits without having taken a ...

The Government must urgently address a loophole which allows more than 120,000 learner drivers continue driving for years without taking a driving test, Fianna Fáil has said. The party's transport ...