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Return of License After Ban

Galway_Dude · 2009-08-10 13:44:19

I have just finished serving a 2yr ban for drink driving. Does anyone know how I get my license back now. I rang Mill Street Garda Station and they said I need to talk to my solicitor, but surely I can just apply for it somewhere ?

10-08-2009 01:44PM

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I have just finished serving a 2yr ban for drink driving. Does anyone know how I get my license back now. I rang Mill Street Garda Station and they said I need to talk to my solicitor, but surely I can just apply for it somewhere ?

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#2 10-08-2009 02:07PM

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No dont need to resit it

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#3 10-08-2009 02:12PM

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Did you ring your solicitor?

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#4 10-08-2009 02:16PM

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No he only works a couple of hours a week (recession and all that) so he is impossible to get a hold off. Was hoping to solve this without needing to ring him. Seen as I have served the ban I dont need to go to court

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#5 10-08-2009 02:46PM

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Cheers betafrog, just rang the city council offices and my license will be in the post this afternnon

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#6 11-08-2009 09:57PM

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Your solicitor should have told you that you could have applied to get your licence restored 8 months ago after serving two thirds of your ban!

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#7 11-08-2009 10:26PM

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bazjnr wrote: »

Your solicitor should have told you that you could have applied to get your licence restored 8 months ago after serving two thirds of your ban!

Is that true?

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#8 11-08-2009 10:28PM

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bazjnr wrote: »

Your solicitor should have told you that you could have applied to get your licence restored 8 months ago after serving two thirds of your ban!

Way too late for that now.

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#9 11-08-2009 10:30PM

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I appealed mine after a year and got it back
I stupidly didnt surrender it when convivted do it was endorsed from the end of the ban when i did
good luck affording insurance BTW

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#10 12-08-2009 10:39AM

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JHMEG wrote: »

Is that true?

Yes JHMEG its true. Before 2006 you could apply to get it back after half of the disqualification period but since 2006 you had to do two thirds.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/travel-and-recreation/motoring-1/driving-offences/drink-driving-offences-in-ireland

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#11 15-08-2011 12:01PM

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Basically your saying your son was asked to produce his license at a Guarda station and he failed to do this so he got a court summons which he failed to appear so he was given an a 2 year ban, am I right?

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#12 15-08-2011 12:14PM

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Galway_Dude wrote: »

I have just finished serving a 2yr ban for drink driving.

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

Basically your saying your son was asked to produce his license at a Guarda station and he failed to do this so he got a court summons which he failed to appear so he was given an a 2 year ban, am I right?

Getting your Threads mixed up Cill Dara Abu ?

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#13 15-08-2011 12:17PM

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Eh where did that post go mods?

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#14 15-08-2011 12:19PM

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Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

Eh where did that post go mods?

I think you meant to reply to this

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#15 15-08-2011 12:22PM

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Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

Basically your saying your son was asked to produce his license at a Guarda station and he failed to do this so he got a court summons which he failed to appear so he was given an a 2 year ban, am I right?

Wrong thread.;)

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#16 15-08-2011 12:31PM

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MugMugs wrote: »

I think you meant to reply to this

That was my bad. The OP of the thread aboove had posted in here first and I tried to move it before anyone posted...i failed!

Anyway, thread closed.

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