11,000 UK driving licences exchanged for Irish ones since January

More than 11,000 UK driving licences have been exchanged for Irish licences since the start of the year - almost double the total for last year.

The Road Safety Authority said 11,000 UK licences had been switched up to March 19, with another 4,000 applications currently being dealt with. The total number of UK licences switched to their Irish equivalent last year was 6,500.