Can an Irish license plate be changed?

fricatus · 31-03-2009 12:43pm #1

I'm a regular reader of this board and my understanding of this question is that no, an Irish license plate stays with the car for as long as it stays in the country.

However a colleague of mine swears that a friend told her there's some sort of new arrangement that allows people to change to a different plate (i.e. to reflect their own city or county).

Is there some new arrangement or is this friend purely talking poppycock?

CharlieCroker · 31-03-2009 12:45pm

No, You are right. Plate stays with the car for its whole life

Owen · 31-03-2009 12:46pm

As CharlieCroker (Great name BTW) says, the plate stays with the car, even if you were to export it, and reimport it, it gets its old plate again.

Seth Brundle · 31-03-2009 5:47pm

unless you are really rich
http://www.carreg.co.uk/number_plates/get_news/18

chiefwiggum · 31-03-2009 5:49pm

no way can it change..fact

mickdw · 31-03-2009 6:42pm

I know of a guy who about 15 years ago got an ex cop car changed because he claimed it was being targeted by vandals.

Fiona500 · 31-03-2009 8:35pm

Anything is possible if ya know the bank account numbers of the right people.

L-M · 31-03-2009 8:36pm

I wonder if yuo export an Irish car and then re import, can you get a new reg on it? It more than likely gets it's own reg back, but I wonder could you apply for a new one...Hmmm

rebel.ranter · 31-03-2009 8:55pm

kbannon wrote: »

unless you are really rich
http://www.carreg.co.uk/number_plates/get_news/18

I thought that was a Kilkenny reg & the Irish government sorted it out?

Wishbone Ash · 31-03-2009 9:00pm

A vehicle on original Irish plates more than 30 years old, may be changed to ZV plates if the owner desires (although it's generally only used for imports).

The only general exceptions that I know of are the aforementioned papal VIP 1 plate and 378 IK which Dublin Bus managed to change to a modern plate in 1988.

kbannon wrote: »

unless you are really rich
http://www.carreg.co.uk/number_plates/get_news/18

Here it is when JP II had it. AFAIK VIP 1 was on another vehicle prior to being sought out for the Pope's Granada.

L-M · 31-03-2009 9:01pm

kbannon wrote: »

unless you are really rich
http://www.carreg.co.uk/number_plates/get_news/18

B4 LLS - £10,700

Brilliant, well worth it:D

Seth Brundle · 01-04-2009 8:16am

rebel.ranter wrote: »

I thought that was a Kilkenny reg & the Irish government sorted it out?

As I said, they will do it for rich people but not for riff raff like ourselves!

Can an Irish license plate be changed?

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