There has been a call for motorists to be issued with penalty points if they park in cycling lanes.

An independent watchdog has criticised gardaí for their continuing failure to provide details of the circumstances around why they seek to have penalty points cancelled when detected speeding while on duty.

Shane Ross’s proposals for graduated speeding penalties is "yet another" attack on rural Ireland, Danny Healy-Rae has said.

Under the new plans, higher fines and penalties will be given out the more a person is caught over the speed limit.

Almost 20% of drivers with either a full or learner licence in both counties had been issued with penalty points within the previous three years, compared to the national average of 16%.

Just over 177,000 penalty points were issued in 2018, down 6.3% on the previous year.

The Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said the force is considering imposing double penalty points for motorists caught speeding on bank holiday weekends.

There has been a drop in the number of penalty points issued to drivers in the past 10 years, according to Fianna Fáil.

Fine Gael ministers were accused by a Cabinet colleague today of “egging on” a belief that Transport Minister Shane Ross is “anti-rural Ireland” in a heated discussion on proposed new road traffic measures.

It will be next week before new proposals on graduated speeding fines will be brought before Government for discussion, with criticism already surfacing over enforcement of the planned changes.

It would see people charged a higher amount the more they're over the limit.

The Transport Minister says he wants to bring in higher penalty points for speeding as soon as possible.

Newly appointed Arts Minister Josepha Madigan has contradicted GSOC's controversial decision not to pursue gardai who illegally scrapped penalty points, saying there must be accountability on the issue, writes Political Correspondent, Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

Gsoc has criticised the failure by Garda management to sanction members of the force who abused the penalty points system despite some of those officers ranking as high as superintendent.

Latest: An Garda Síochána has said it acknowledges that the penalty points system has had “systematic flaws and that some members of An Garda Síochána were using it in an inappropriate manner”.

Latest: The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the Garda Commissioner still has his confidence, despite a damning report on the breath testing scandal.

The wrongful conviction of drivers for penalty point offences has caused “immeasurable damage” to many of the 14,700 people affected, a leading traffic lawyer says.

More than 750,000 penalty point offences were detected in the first nine months of the year, according to the Road Safety Authority.

Almost 15,000 people were caught using their mobile phones while driving in the first six months of the year.

Drivers are being reminded to check your tyres before taking to the roads as new rules come into force today.

Drivers in County Westmeath are the worst in the country, according to a new analysis of penalty points handed out by Gardaí.

The cleaned-up penalty points system has passed its first real test by the body set up to keep an eye on it, but there are still areas of concern, writes Michael Clifford

Thousands of motorists are still escaping penalty points because their official notice is returned in the post marked “undelivered”.

A body set up to look at the garda fixed charge processing system is reporting "substantial compliance" by gardaí with the revised penalty points policy.

The number of penalty point notices issued in 2014 was up almost 11% on the previous year.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has been urged to open up a fresh investigation into the garda penalty points crisis, after Dáil claims that officers are still having points illegally wiped out 18 months after the scandal emerged.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has been urged to open up a fresh investigation in the garda penalty points crisis, after Dáil claims officers are still having points illegally wiped out 18 months after the scandal emerged.

Cork County Council engineers are to survey a section of road in West Cork where it is claimed motorists are getting unnecessary speeding fines and penalty points.

Road safety campaigners are hitting out at the number of people escaping punishment for using a mobile phone while driving.

Drivers are being reminded that they must stop for lollipop men and women when school starts at the end of the month.

The Government will establish a register of driving licences in a bid to clamp down on the evasion of penalty points, Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe has signalled.

The Government is working on plans to directly link penalty points to a new register of licences.

The long-awaited GSOC probe into the penalty points affair is finally moving ahead as recruitment of external investigators begins.

People who have availed of a penalty points loophole, will have them imposed retrospectively.

A new garda operation is set to target drivers who avoid penalty points by failing to provide their licence in court, it has been reported.

Drivers caught breaking red lights at Luas tracks in Blackhall Place in Dublin will automatically receive three penalty points from now on.

A new traffic-light system is coming into effect on part of the Luas line in Dublin today.