RSA aims to progress plans to 'name and shame' disqualified drivers this year

The controversial initiative was first proposed by the Road Safety Authority in 2015 with plans to have it introduced by the following year.

Under the RSA’s plans, motorists who are banned for drink-driving, dangerous driving and other serious road traffic offences by the courts will have their personal details published on its website.

Plans to “name and shame” motorists disqualified from driving are hoped to be progressed over the coming year, the Road Safety Authority has confirmed.

A RSA spokesperson said the results of research it has commissioned, which is due to be completed by the end of March, are expected to show if the publication of the names and addresses of people banned from driving as a result of a conviction for various road traffic offences, including drink-driving, can go ahead.