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Garda able to look up UK licences?

  • 13-06-2016 10:18pm
    #1
    Sputnikk23
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭


    This is Re: the threads I've read regarding UK licenses in Ireland on this board.

    One thing I can't seem to be able to answer is:

    Are Garda able to look up the details of a UK license during a stop in Ireland?

    I assume they can for Irish licenses...

    Thanks for any answers


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  • #2
    Damien360
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,668 ✭✭✭Damien360


    Sputnikk23 wrote: »
    This is Re: the threads I've read regarding UK licenses in Ireland on this board.

    One thing I can't seem to be able to answer is:

    Are Garda able to look up the details of a UK license during a stop in Ireland?

    I assume they can for Irish licenses...

    Thanks for any answers

    I can't imagine it would take anything more than a phone call but it would be pointless as they cannot add points to it. Can they legally give uk information such as registration details in a court of law without complaint from solicitor ? Probably not. If the offence is big enough, such as serious injury or dearth, then it is worth their while and you can be sure it would be done.


  • #3
    Sputnikk23
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Sputnikk23


    I'm just thinking of traffic offences. I assume they would take the registration details of the license to verify its validity before letting you drive away?

    Do they send the fine to the address registered to the vehicle or the address registered to the license?


  • #4
    sunnysoutheast
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭sunnysoutheast


    Sputnikk23 wrote: »
    I'm just thinking of traffic offences. I assume they would take the registration details of the license to verify its validity before letting you drive away?

    Do they send the fine to the address registered to the vehicle or the address registered to the license?

    From my experience they send the FCN to the address on the (GB) license for a traffic stop.


  • #5
    Sputnikk23
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Sputnikk23


    How then do foreign EU nationals residing in Ireland and driving on foreign licenses pay their fines? Since they may not have access to the address on their card...


  • #6
    sunnysoutheast
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭sunnysoutheast


    Sputnikk23 wrote: »
    How then do foreign EU nationals residing in Ireland and driving on foreign licenses pay their fines? Since they may not have access to the address on their card...

    Dunno. The cop who stopped me made a point of saying that the FCN letters - and eventual summons if I didn't pay - would only ever be sent to the address given. I don't know if you can deal with the processing office in some way or whether you have to leave it go to court.

    My GB licence is registered to my UK address so I just paid the €80 when it arrived and 3 points were applied to my IE driving record against that address. I believe it is an offence in GB to have an out-of-date address on your driving licence, but I don't think it invalidates it as such.


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  • #7
    Sputnikk23
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Sputnikk23


    Thank you


  • #8
    Nomis21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,409 ✭✭✭Nomis21


    I drove a GB registered car in Ireland for the first year I lived in the country.

    I got checked about 10 times by the guards (Sometimes the same officer) but they just let me go when they heard my accent. One time someone stole my number plates and they held me at Blanchardstown garda station for an hour while they checked with UK and then gave me a note to let me drive legally without number plates for 3 days until I could drive to the North to get some new ones made up!


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