# department-of-transport - Friday 17 December, 2021
# Asylum Seekers
# Asylum Seekers
It follows a High Court ruling that asylum seekers in Ireland meet the residency requirements to apply for a licence.
# department-of-transport - Wednesday 13 October, 2021
# Irish Aviation Authority
# Irish Aviation Authority
Senior managers claimed that air controllers were seeking to undermine the international reputation of the IAA.
# department-of-transport - Wednesday 4 August, 2021
# Industrial Relations
# Industrial Relations
The law to break up the Irish Aviation Authority is currently before the Seanad.
# department-of-transport - Monday 2 August, 2021
# Voices Unheard
Disabled people feel that once again they were not consulted about a major decision that most affects them, reports Maria Delaney of Noteworthy, our investigative platform. The NTA and Department of Transport (DOT) were aware of lack of consultation before funding decision. Concerns were raised numerous times at the DOT Accessibility Consultative Committee.
# department-of-transport - Sunday 27 June, 2021
# Grounded
# Grounded
Many pilots have been laid off due to a lack of international travel during the pandemic.
# department-of-transport - Wednesday 12 May, 2021
# The Road Back
# The Road Back
Focus has turned to road safety as drivers get back on the road post-lockdown and the new ‘The Road Back’ campaign is launched.
# department-of-transport - Thursday 29 October, 2020
# MV Sheksna
# MV Sheksna
The 11 crew members have been stuck in Ireland since October 16.
# department-of-transport - Monday 5 October, 2020
# Dublin City Council
# Dublin City Council
The Council had requested in its ‘Wish List’ to Minister Eamon Ryan that taxis be banned from a number of bus lanes in Dublin.
# department-of-transport - Friday 20 March, 2020
# Kasper Kacprzak
# Kasper Kacprzak
Kasper Kacprzak was killed, alongside the pilot of the plane, when it crashed in Offaly in 2018.
# department-of-transport - Monday 9 March, 2020
# Shannon Airport
# Shannon Airport
The Omni Air International flight from Bangor in the US state of Maine arrived last night.
# department-of-transport - Monday 2 December, 2019
# Funding
# Funding
The investment in civil engineering programmes will take place from 2020 to 2024.
# department-of-transport - Wednesday 28 August, 2019
# PPTs
# PPTs
The Department of Transport received a report on regulating PPTs today.
# department-of-transport - Wednesday 15 May, 2019
# On Yer Bike
# On Yer Bike
Around 100 bikers took part in the demonstration.
# department-of-transport - Friday 29 March, 2019
# Motoring
# Motoring
It has been suggested that drivers are buying from the UK on the back of a strong Euro.
# department-of-transport - Wednesday 20 February, 2019
# Emergency
# Emergency
Volunteers are worried about the potential delays this will cause when they are travelling to incidents.
# department-of-transport - Sunday 5 August, 2018
# Works In Theory
# Works In Theory
How much it’s costing to do so is another matter however.
# department-of-transport - Tuesday 5 June, 2018
# Deep Impact
# Deep Impact
New documents show the department was concerned with the fallout from Shane Ross bringing a stop to efforts to make a PSC mandatory when applying for a driver’s licence.
# department-of-transport - Wednesday 30 May, 2018
# Three Wheels Bad
# Three Wheels Bad
Shane Ross says he will decide whether rickshaws will be regulated or banned before the end of the Dáil term.
# department-of-transport - Saturday 19 May, 2018
# Driving In Circles
# Driving In Circles
The RSA spent €2 million on making the PSC mandatory for driving licence applications – before Transport Minister Shane Ross pulled the plug over concerns doing so was illegal.
# department-of-transport - Monday 14 May, 2018
# House Of Cards
# House Of Cards
The Road Safety Authority had scrambled to get its house in order for the PSC introduction, only for the initiative to be dropped suddenly and at the last minute in March of this year.
# department-of-transport - Friday 13 April, 2018
# Traffic Jam
# Traffic Jam
Law changes increasing the penalties for learner drivers will lead to a surge in demand for driving tests, Fórsa predict.
# department-of-transport - Saturday 10 March, 2018
# Off The Road
# Off The Road
There is a lack of clarity as to whether or not asylum seekers in Ireland are legally allowed to obtain a driving licence.
# department-of-transport - Monday 26 February, 2018
# Exemptions
# Exemptions
Dublin TD Clare Daly said that the figures were “absolutely disgraceful”, but “not a bit surprising”.
# department-of-transport - Monday 31 July, 2017
# Down Down Down
# Down Down Down
The yearly rate has fallen by nearly 9,000 in fact. And counties with a lot of road deaths are not necessarily those with the most convictions.
# department-of-transport - Monday 29 May, 2017
# Fast Lane
# Fast Lane
A new express bus system is being planned for the capital.
# department-of-transport - Wednesday 22 February, 2017
# Ride On
# Ride On
With all bikes present either ringing bells or blowing whistles, the protest proved something of a cacophonous event.
# department-of-transport - Monday 30 January, 2017
# Turned Away
# Turned Away
Enda Kenny has called for a review of the preclearance policy.
# department-of-transport - Wednesday 11 January, 2017
# No Expressway
# No Expressway
Bus Éireann is facing insolvency within the next two years after a period of heavy losses.
# department-of-transport - Friday 30 December, 2016
# Hell No We Won't Toll
# Hell No We Won't Toll
The measure was recommended in a report last year from the National Transport Authority.
# department-of-transport - Wednesday 23 November, 2016
# Safer Streets
# Safer Streets
Dublin City Council plans to expand the 30km/hr speed limit across further areas of the city.
# department-of-transport - Monday 3 October, 2016
# On Your Bikes
# On Your Bikes
The protest is being organised by the Dublin Cycling Campaign, and kicks off in Dublin city centre from 5.30pm.
# department-of-transport - Tuesday 21 June, 2016
# Missed Penalties
# Missed Penalties
The loophole has seen roughly 7,500 cases annually thrown out of court.
# department-of-transport - Tuesday 15 July, 2014
# The Reshuffle
# The Reshuffle
And Health isn’t the only government department that has yet to update its pages.
# department-of-transport - Thursday 10 July, 2014
# Advance Warning
# Advance Warning
The Department of Transport defended publicising the campaign before it took place.
# department-of-transport - Thursday 19 June, 2014
# Road Safety Authority
# Road Safety Authority
The Public Accounts Committee was also told that about 130,000 more cars were taxed this year following an end to the practice where vehicles could be declared as “off-road” after the fact.
# department-of-transport - Tuesday 20 May, 2014
# Transport
# Transport
A new round of public transport funding has been announced, and includes improvements to cycle paths.
# department-of-transport - Friday 16 May, 2014
# Coke Zero Bikes
# Coke Zero Bikes
Slightly behind schedule, mind you.
# department-of-transport - Friday 2 May, 2014
# Christoph Mueller
# Christoph Mueller
A trade union called any increase would be “very strange”.
# department-of-transport - Thursday 1 May, 2014
# Sound Of The Underground
# Sound Of The Underground
The wait isn’t over just yet…it looks like it won’t be considered until 2016.
# department-of-transport - Tuesday 22 April, 2014
# Fixed Penalties
# Fixed Penalties
The system has been trialled over the past couple of years.
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