Stick-shift vs automatic for learner

People who don't know how to drive a manual I assume.... And Americans, pretty much the same thing.

Yep mentioned similar earlier. Automatic has been a god send for me.

You can do your lessons in an automatic, but the availability, is limited to bigger cities with Irish School Of Motoring:

https://www.ism.ie/driving-school/car-driving-lessons/

Thats what my daughter did, €495 for 12 lessons. (Has since gone up a bit)and she also got a nice insurance discount with Axa in her own name on her E up, once she produced 12 lessons completed proof.

As for general lessons, an Axa agent told me a good while back, that anyone who has a full licence can drive fully insured with a Learner, as this to allow for a Learner unable to drive home, eg getting upset/stressed etc. There is no need to specifically insure that full licence holder on the vehicle, as they are “automatically” covered “while with the Learner”.

This changes, once they pass their test, and anyone driving their car(assuming it is their car and insured themselves only)needs to be a named driver, or, you - as a parent, can get an “open” driving insurance policy. I did this with AA.