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The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is advising commercial vehicle operators and drivers that they must present identification in the form of a driving licence or passport when presenting a vehicle for the commercial vehicle test.

New driving licence requirements will make it difficult for Irish people living abroad to renew or replace their licence according to Independent Galway West TD Noel Grealish.

The motor tax office at Galway County Council will from tomorrow no longer issue or renew driving licences or learner permits as the responsibility will be transferred to the National Driving Licensing Service (NDLS) centres as part of the Government’s plans to centralise the system and bring in more stringent security measures.

A Ballyhaunis woman was convicted and fined in her absence of having no driving licence and failing to produce their licence within 10 days at Ballyhaunis District Court this week.

Jim Higgins MEP for Ireland North West and Ireland's Member of the European Parliament Transport Committee, has encouraged people who are applying for a new driver's licence from January 19 to fill in the section on the new application form which allows them to be identified as an organ donor.

The New Year will see changes to the State driving licence which will see new licences issued as a plastic, credit card sized, document from January 12 2013.

From January 2013, anyone who applies for a first learner permit or is renewing his/her driving licence will receive a modern, plastic, credit-card sized version. The new licence will be in a format that is standardised and recognisable throughout the EU and is one of the changes being introduced in Ireland as part of a new EU directive.

A man who persistently drove with a counterfeit Romanian driving licence, once driving into a roundabout while drunk, has been jailed for eight months and disqualified from driving for six years.

A credit card-styled driving licence featuring microchip technology will be introduced into Ireland next year.