french to irish license

bigpoppa89

Im living in france i have a french licence but im irish, ive had my licence for nearly 3 years now but im pretty sure i wont have any points left in a few week's, no points = no licence , is there any way i would be able to swap my french licence for an irish one?? :eek:

Alanstrainor

Hi bigpoppa89,

Please don't drag up old threads, you can start your own. I moved your post to it's own thread.

Welcome:)

bigpoppa89

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Hi bigpoppa89,

Please don't drag up old threads, you can start your own. I moved your post to it's own thread.

Welcome:)

thanx

afatbollix

you need to prove that you live in Ireland.. If you can do that then its pretty simple..

bigpoppa89

i dont lve in ireland but my dad does and he has the same name as me and my mother also lives in ireland so they will say i live with them

L1011

"points"? Is there some reverse of our penalty points system or what?

DublinDilbert

What is the point in swapping your licence? To avoid loosing existing one?

I would guess that the French authorities would detect these types of swaps in their system the next time your stopped.

L1011

DublinDilbert wrote: »

I would guess that the French authorities would detect these types of swaps in their system the next time your stopped.

Whatever Council issued an Irish licence for the OP is meant to inform the French authorities of the swap, so they would know.

DublinDilbert

MYOB wrote: »

Whatever Council issued an Irish licence for the OP is meant to inform the French authorities of the swap, so they would know.

Surely if your baned from driving in a duristriction your banned. Having another licence doesn't give you a second chance.

Carawaystick

MYOB wrote: »

"points"? Is there some reverse of our penalty points system or what?

yeah, some european countries give you your allocation of points and take them away for traffic infringements. Apparently people felt worse about loosing something rather than gaining something.

CiniO

afatbollix wrote: »

you need to prove that you live in Ireland.. If you can do that then its pretty simple..

I wouldn't say you "have to".
I swapped my Polish licence to Irish one. My wife did as well.
My good friend also swapped it.
No one of us, was ever asked about any proof that we are resident in Ireland.
We just had to fill the form, state the Irish address and sign.
Licence arrived about 2 weeks later in the post.

CiniO

DublinDilbert wrote: »

Surely if your baned from driving in a duristriction your banned. Having another licence doesn't give you a second chance.

He never said he was banned.
He said that probably in a few weeks he will run out of points, and then loose his licence.
If he's going to swap it for Irish licence before then, so French authorities can do nothing.

Bigcheeze

Sounds like an unfortunate case of "douze points" for you op.