27,490 Learner Drivers on the Roads in Louth and Meath is a Crisis - 24/11/2025
New figures released from the Irish Road Safety Authority (RSA) reveal that there are 394,128 learner permit holders now on our roads in Ireland at the end of September 2025. 27,490 of them are in Louth and Meath. Louth had 11,433 learner driver permit holders on the roads in September of this year and Meath had 16,057. That is an increase of 12,257 learner drivers nationally on our roads since March of this year, just six months ago. The extraordinary number of learner drivers on Irish roads comes at a time when road deaths are spiralling. As of November 20th, 2025, Garda figures show that…
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