Driving a car can be as potentially lethal as firing a gun. 

Review follows case where disqualified driver back on roads

A man has been banned from driving for 20 years after he drove dangerously from Cork to Clonakilty in the early morning, crashing into a Garda car, repeatedly failing to stop for police, and only finally coming to a halt when gardaí employed a stinger which burst the tyres on his vehicle.

Trucking and courier companies want direct access to the national driver licence database to check for drivers who may not have disclosed medical conditions to their employers.

We really hope this wasn't during a test.

Tomorrow is N-day for the country’s learner drivers as the Road Safety Authority unveils sweeping changes to the motoring licence system.

Bus and truck drivers can continue to drive with well-managed health conditions under new guidelines developed by the Road Safety Authority and the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.

Tipperary South TD Mattie McGrath has criticised the new driver's licence service, saying it is not fit for purpose.

Four separate investigations are under way after it emerged the number of customers whose personal and credit card details have been stolen from a web-based company has grown to almost 80,000, with thousands more potentially affected.

The Road Safety Authority and the Data Protection Commissioner have begun investigations into how private correspondence from motorists could be viewed by other applicants on the National Driver Licence Service (NDLS) website.

The Road Safety Authority is investigating reports of a data breach on the National Driver Licence Service website.

Motorists applying for a licence could be facing four-hour round trips to get their photograph taken for the credit card-size permits which come into use next week.

Motorists will shortly not be permitted to instantly renew driving licences in Cork due to new centralisation measures.