Change is not compulsory.
Better Prettier Half was stopped at a checkpoint the other day and was told to change her licence to an Irish one asap. I had always thought this was not necessary. Am I right or is there a legal requirement to do so?
Thanks
Thanks for the replies.
BPH has uk licence and we intend to move back there at some stage in the future. Guard was quite forceful saying she HAD to change licences, and BPH quite adament to guard she did not have to. Looks like we are right so..
Cheers.
Jeez...If the gardai don't know the law what chance does Joe Citizen have
Joe citizen has no rights unless he knows them. Gardai seem to set laws to suit themselves.
I would say get an irish one for use in the uk and keep the uk one for use in Ireland. No points ever again.
Maybe we should all go to the uk and get uk licence's to save on some fines.
Joe citizen has no rights unless he knows them. Gardai seem to set laws to suit themselves.
I would say get an irish one for use in the uk and keep the uk one for use in Ireland. No points ever again.
Maybe we should all go to the uk and get uk licence's to save on some fines.
Don't change it.
Would you listen to some ignorant culshie guard telling you what to do?? If you have any sense don't!!! By all means humour the little jumped up oik fresh outta templemore garda training school but just don't bother once he's let you on your way.
Also make sure all your RoI vehicles are registered in UK driving license holders name - if you're done for speeding on a speed camera there's nothing the donut-eating gardaí can do to you if car reg'd to uk license holder. My wife from UK living in the free state for 8 years and the only way she'll have her UK license taken off her by the Garda Sicíní is if it's prised from her cold dead hands by the muppets who we have enforcing the 'laws' of our little island.....there just a shower of amateur, lazy sh*tes who deserve nothing but contempt from all right-thinking hard-working tax payers.