Irish driving licence

Ireland

 

IRELAND — EIRE (IRL)
1. Model IRL 1. This general restriction indicates that the vehicle of the licence holder must be adapted in some 
way in order to suit the disability of the holder. This restriction may thus indicate adaptations as they are in-
dicated in codes 10–43.
Model IRL1. The model was issued in bilingual format, with the English text preceding the Irish (Gaelic) text.
Model IRL 1. The period of validity of this model is one, three or 10 years. The period of validity is indicated 
in a greyish box at the bottom of page 4.
Model IRL2. The model was issued in bilingual format. Contrary to 
cedes the English text.
Model IRL2. A driving licence may be granted for three years or 10 years, where the person is less than 60 
years of age on the commencement day, or three years, where the person is 60 years of age or more on the 
commencement day, or, where the person is 60 years of age or more but less than 67 years of age, up to the 
day prior to the date the person reaches 70 years of age.
A one-year licence may be granted on medical grounds.
A licence may be renewed up to three months prior to expiry of the current licence so the above validity 
periods may be extended by up to three months.
The detail placed in a vertical position between pages 2 and 3 which state ‘CEADUNAS DEICH MBLIANA/10 
YEAR LICENCE’, or ‘CEADUNAS TRÍ BLIAINA/THREE YEAR LICENCE’, or ‘CEADUNAS AON BLIAIN/ONE YEAR 
LICENCE’ does not appear on some licences issued in the following period, 21 June 2001 to 12 July 2002, and 
does not appear on any licence issued after 12 July 2002.
2. above, the Irish (Gaelic) text pre-
IRL: Description and security features
Model IRL 1.
Description: Width: 222 mm, height: 106 mm; pink paper with plastic overlay.
Security features: Watermark emblem of the Custom House, Dublin; green lines in plastic overlay running vertically 
through photograph; metal strip running through middle of licence.
Model IRL2.
Description: Width: 222 mm; height: 106 mm; pink paper with plastic overlay.
Security features: Watermark emblem of the Custom House, Dublin; green lines in plastic overlay running vertically 
down both sides of the photograph and through the ‘date from’ column on page 3; metal strip running through the left-hand side of page 3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted on November 5, 2006 and updated January 25, 2009 by E.U. Driving Licence Specialist  | 

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