# road-safety-authority - Sunday 19 May, 2013
Following the death of a student using a Dublinbike last year, the coroner had recommended the council make helmets available to hire with the scheme.
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# road-safety-authority - Friday 3 May, 2013
Road deaths are up by 25 per cent so far this year – leading to a Garda warning ahead of the long weekend.
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# road-safety-authority - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
The RSA has said that the role of supervising a learner driver cannot be performed “if the accompanying driver is intoxicated.”
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# road-safety-authority - Monday 8 April, 2013
The campaign aims to make road users aware of the correct behaviour at railway crossings and the dangers posed by their misuse.
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# road-safety-authority - Sunday 7 April, 2013
The Clare county town remains just ahead of Sligo as the area where candidates are most likely to pass the driving test.
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# road-safety-authority - Tuesday 19 March, 2013
The number of road deaths in the 27-member bloc fell by 9 per cent last year, and is two-thirds lower than in 1965.
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# road-safety-authority - Monday 18 February, 2013
The Road Safety Authority said they are alarmed and concerned about the figures.
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# road-safety-authority - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
Cavan was the only county to record an increase in road fatalities from 2007 to 2012.
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# road-safety-authority - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
Kerry County Council has confirmed that it has sent a letter to Alan Shatter on foot of the controversial motion passed by the council last week.
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# road-safety-authority - Wednesday 23 January, 2013
More than 300,000 Irish businesses and sole traders will see the cost of compliance with transport regulation cut when new computer systems go live later this year, said the Minister.
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# road-safety-authority - Friday 18 January, 2013
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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# road-safety-authority - Monday 7 January, 2013
Pharmacists say the new credit card-style driving licence system will remove the need to get photos taken at a shop.
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# road-safety-authority - Tuesday 1 January, 2013
The number of road deaths has now fallen for six years running, with a new national record of 161.
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# road-safety-authority - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
A new booklet is being launched tomorrow that aims to advise motorists how to behave when they see emergency services dealing with an incident on the road.
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# road-safety-authority - Friday 19 October, 2012
New measures could see novice drivers taken off the road after racking up just six penalty points. Do you agree?
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# road-safety-authority - Thursday 20 September, 2012
Noel Brett of the Road Safety Authority says it should be routine practice for drivers in crashes to have their records checked.
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# road-safety-authority - Wednesday 19 September, 2012
No reason why we can’t save more lives, motorist and driving safety representatives tell Oireachtas committee on transport.
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# road-safety-authority - Friday 24 August, 2012
Of the 252 children passengers who were killed in traffic incidents during this period, one in three was not wearing a seatbelt or a child restraint.
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# road-safety-authority - Tuesday 21 August, 2012
The Road Safety Authority has said that July and August are typically the most dangerous months on Irish roads.
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# road-safety-authority - Saturday 19 May, 2012
Do you agree with proposals to introduce R plates in order to identify novice drivers?
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# road-safety-authority - Sunday 13 May, 2012
Leo Varadkar says the Road Safety Authority will consider mandatory rules when the country’s car fleet becomes more modern.
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# road-safety-authority - Friday 11 May, 2012
The Government is being urged to “harness” the enthusiasm among teenagers for cars and include road safety training on the programme.
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# road-safety-authority - Monday 7 May, 2012
A Garda investigation found that 43 per cent of learner drivers were not accompanied by a fully-licensed driver, and 30 per cent were not displaying L plates on their vehicles.
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# road-safety-authority - Friday 20 April, 2012
A judge in Cork has criticised what he called an “epidemic” of mobile phone use by drivers. Are you one of them?
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# road-safety-authority - Wednesday 4 April, 2012
The number of children killed on Irish roads has dropped by almost half.
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# road-safety-authority - Thursday 15 March, 2012
Ahead of this weekend’s festivities Gardaà have also released statistics which show 26 people have died on Irish roads during the St Patrick’s Day periods of the past five years.
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# road-safety-authority - Friday 24 February, 2012
New road safety campaign will focus on key areas in each garda region around the country.
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# road-safety-authority - Thursday 12 January, 2012
Charlie Flanagan has written to the Transport Minister suggesting that motorway lights could be switched off overnight to save money and energy.
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# road-safety-authority - Wednesday 11 January, 2012
A TD has called on the government to appoint a well-known name to front a campaign tackling obesity, believing it could have the same success as Gay Byrne’s presence at the Road Safety Authority.
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# road-safety-authority - Sunday 1 January, 2012
The number of road deaths in Ireland fell below 200 for the first time since road deaths began being recorded in 1959. There were 26 fewer fatalities in 2011 compared to 2009, latest figures from the Road Safety Authority show.
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# road-safety-authority - Thursday 22 December, 2011
In an attempt to highlight the dangers of festive drinking, British Transport Police have released footage of the woman falling under a carriage but she’s okay…
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# road-safety-authority - Friday 16 December, 2011
An Garda SÃochána and Road Safety Authority have urged motorists not to drink and drive, or speed, over the holidays.
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# road-safety-authority - Tuesday 29 November, 2011
AA Ireland and the Road Safety Authority is reminding all road-users not to stop or walk on a motorway unless it is an emergency, after a survey showed that 45 per cent of drivers use the hard shoulder to make or take calls.
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# road-safety-authority - Sunday 20 November, 2011
Today is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Candles will be lit around Ireland to remember those who have lost their lives on the country’s roads.
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# road-safety-authority - Thursday 17 November, 2011
The new limit aims to make the city centre more pedestrian and shopper friendly.
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# road-safety-authority - Monday 10 October, 2011
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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One fifth of young male drivers have admitted to racing on the roads, with those aged between 17 and 24 being five times more likely to be killed, the Road Safety Authority has reported.
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# road-safety-authority - Monday 3 October, 2011
The Road Safety Authority has warned learner drivers not to use unofficial websites – which often charge a fee and take personal information – when booking their theory or driving tests.
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# road-safety-authority - Friday 30 September, 2011
As gardaà launch a new road casualty reduction plan, we’re asking if you feel safe while walking, cycling or driving on roads in the Irish capital.
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# road-safety-authority - Monday 22 August, 2011
The RSA is calling on parents and teachers to give road safety tips and guidance to children as they head back to school.
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