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In Ireland, a driving licence is an official document which authorises its holder to operate various types of motor vehicle on roads to which the public have access. Since 29 October 2013, they are issued by the National Driver Licence Service (NDLS). Based on the European driving licence standards, all the categories of licence available and ...
Driver and Vehicle Agency. The Driver and Vehicle Agency ( DVA; Irish: An Ghníomhaireacht Tiománaithe agus Feithiclí[ 1]) is a government agency of the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland. The agency is responsible for conducting vehicle testing, driver testing and the issuance of driving licences. [ 2]
The National Car Test (Irish: An tSeirbhís Náisiúnta Tástála Carranna; abbreviated NCT) is a roadworthiness test, which all cars in Ireland must undergo. Following a tender process, the Road Safety Authority awarded the National Car Testing Service contract for the operation of the vehicle inspection service in the Republic of Ireland to Applus.
The Road Safety Authority was established in September 2006, charged with the task of improving safety on Ireland 's roads, under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006, in response to the high number of deaths on Irish roads. [1][2] It assumed the road safety function from the National Safety Council, established in 1987, which in turn had ...
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There's an Irish Independent article here that goes into detail about the early history of driving tests in Ireland; as per your relative, from the 17th of March, 1964 onwards you had to sit a driving test to get a licence (with some exceptions in 1979). Before that you could just get a driving licence without a test.
00 800 – Freephone / toll free (from all Irish mobile and landlines. 8-digit numbers in the format 00 800 xxxx xxxx. Where high volume 'bursty traffic' is anticipated, such as on-air radio competition lines, the first two digits of the phone number are always 71. For example: 1800 71 x xxx or 0818 71 x xxx.
The current specification for number plates is the format YYY–CC–SSSSSS. Those issued from 1987 to 2012 had the format YY–CC–SSSSSS. The components are: YYY or YY – an age/year identifier. This is based on date of first registration. [1] CC – a one or two-character county/city identifier (e.g. L for Limerick City and County; SO for ...