Foreign drivers accumulate 90,000 points in three years

Foreign drivers have racked up almost 90,000 penalty points in the past three years, but they have got off scot-free because of loopholes in our laws.

The number of penalty points breached the 30,000-mark last year, up 23% on 2010.

Figures provided by Transport Minister Leo Varadkar show that 87,365 penalty points have been “unassigned” to non-Irish licence holders since 2009.