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THOUSANDS of people on their third or subsequent learner permit have never sat a driving test.
Up to 30,000 motorists on their third or subsequent permit since 2018 have been driving without ever taking a driving test.
The figures were supplied to The Irish Times by the Road Safety Authority, and span from 1994 to now.
28,570 drivers were on a third or subsequent learner permit first issued between 2018 and 2009, according to the Road Safety Authority.
Leitrim barber has been jailed for eight years for the rape of a woman who was a guest in his home
The Late Maura Kilbride-Harkin, Cartron, Granard, Longford
John Stanton, grandson of Margaret McGuinness, at the 2025 Clonfin Commemoration Picture: Shelley Corcoran
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