COVID-19 Update – We remain open for business but please phone or email if possible

Dear Customers,

Our office here in Killarney remains open for business but, due to the current national situation regarding COVID-19, we are encouraging customers to contact us via phone or email if it is an option.

We would also encourage customers to forward documents by email or by post rather than calling into the office if possible.

Our phone lines are fully operational and we will be conducting business as usual via phone and email.

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The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is asking road users to exercise caution while using the roads over the weekend as Met Éireann has issued Orange and Yellow weather warnings for strong winds and heavy rain.

Met Éireann has issued an Orange Wind weather warning for Clare, Galway Kerry and Mayo from 6am Saturday, February 29 to 3am on Sunday, March 1 and for Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo from 12pm on Saturday to 3am on Sunday. Some severe winds are expected during Saturday, reaching mean speeds of 65 to 80km/h with gusts of 110 to 130km/h, possibly higher in very e...

As you may have noticed, the United Kingdom officially left the EU on January 31. This will naturally affect UK and EU citizens in a number of ways, from commerce and travel to work and healthcare.

Many Irish citizens drive and use their license in Northern Ireland and across the Irish Sea, either from time to time or on a permanent basis, and a number of UK motorists do the same in Ireland. There have understandably been concerns that these practices will be under threat post-Brexit, but the good news for Irish citizens who wish to use their license and vehi...

An Garda Síochána and the Road Safety Authority have announced that 903 new safety camera zones will be operational in the country from Monday, bringing the total number of such zones to 1,322.

Since 2010, An Garda Síochána has contributed to making our roads safer through the use of safety cameras, using a service provider GoSafe to operate them on its behalf. The primary purpose of safety cameras is to reduce speed related collisions, lessen injuries and save lives.

Safety cameras operate in areas where there is a history of speed related collisions, ...

The National Car Testing Service has confirmed that underbody vehicle inspections will recommence in an additional eight centres this week. This follows the delivery and planned installation of new vehicle lifts.

Inspections were suspended temporarily last week amid concerns about the safety of the vehicle lifts used in the test centres.

The centres where these new vehicle inspection lifts are being introduced, which is based on maximising geographical spread and catering for large population centres, include Cork (Little Island), Limerick, Northpoint (...

The new number plate recognition system currently being rolled out by An Garda Síochána will make it “very difficult” for uninsured drivers to go undetected, the Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland has said.

The new ANPR system, which is accessible via devices known as mobile data stations, allows An Garda Síochána to more easily detect if a vehicle is being driven without insurance by checking the registration plate. Two thousand gardaí are to receive new devices as part of a general release programme, with 544 being allocated in the Dublin region, 484 in the ...

An Garda Síochána and the Road Safety Authority have warned that drug-driving will soon become more prevalent than drink-driving on Irish roads as many motorists continue to underestimate the devastating effects that driving under the influence can have.

Detections for drink-driving have risen significantly in recent years and the assistant commissioner in charge of roads policing, David Sheahan, has said predicted that alcohol will be surpassed by drugs “very shortly”.

Figures released by the RSA show that 68% of drivers with a positive roadside drug t...

Liberty Insurance has confirmed that it will be honouring all of its commitments to existing property, bonds and liability customers, despite its planned exit from the Irish commercial market in April.

The US-owned company joined the Irish insurance market when it took over the main businesses of Quinn Insurance in 2011 but this week it announced its impending exit from the commercial liability and commercial property lines are due to “ongoing issues around scale and profitability” in that particular sector of its business.

Liberty will now be focusing ...

More people died on Irish roads in 2019 than in 2018, the Road Safety Authority has revealed.

The number of road deaths for the past 12 months was 148 which represents a 4% increase on the year before when 142 people lost their lives in crashes.

The year before last, 2018, was the safest on Irish roads since records began.

The RSA say there was a “worrying” increase in the number of drivers who died on Irish roads this past year (25 more than 2018), however on a positive note pedestrian and passenger fatalities have fallen over the same period.

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