Speeding in Southern Ireland

[jgguinness]

Hi all, was caught speeding in Southern Ireland when on holiday there the other week. Have received the fixed charge offence through the post this morning.

The fine is 80 Euro's if payed within 28 days, and it mentions 2 penalty points also. Can these be added to a UK driving license?

Kind regards
Jonathan

Edited by jgguinness on Wednesday 2nd September 18:39

[jgguinness]

Thanks for the reply mate, short and sweet. Will give them a call tomorrow, they were shut when I had got in from work and found the letter.

Kind regards
Jonathan

[jgguinness]

Hi. It is a British registered car. He was parked on a slip road, north bound on the new motorway from Cork to Dublin.

I fully intend to pay the fine, but wasnt sure about the points thats all. The paperwork says 2 points if I pay within 28 days, 4 if I dont. But i wasnt sure how the 2 points over there would translate to 3 over here etc.

Kind regards
Jonathan

[jgguinness]

Hi all, just made a call to the fixed charge processing unit in Tipperary. The lady located my details, and told me that fortunatly for me, but unfortunatly for them they cannot put points on a UK license. I still have to complete the form and put my license details on though.

Jonathan

[jgguinness]

Tauzguy

"Jonathan,

Why are you calling our country 'southern Ireland'? Seems like you're becoming a little bit political......"

Sorry but I didn’t mean to offend anyone, and it certainly wasn’t intended to be of a political nature. It’s just what I have always referred to it as; I have been travelling to West Cork for over 30 years. My mother is from West Cork and I have large numbers relatives living in that area, so I am certainly not going to be offensive to my own family. As a previous poster commented on, it probably stems from calling the area north of the border as Northern Ireland. Even though Southern Ireland was a short-lived autonomous region of the United Kingdom and was dissolved in December 1922, many websites, including “official tourism” websites still refer to the ROI as Southern Ireland.

Back to the topic, this morning I received through the post a letter stating that I had been given two penalty points, but with no further instructions, so I guess, as stated by another poster, that these will be held on a virtual license.

Kind regards
Jonathan

[jgguinness]

Well to put a close to the subject, I fully admit I did speed, and hence I have paid my fine. Regarding to row over South/North. There was not political meaning behind the name I gave it in the thread topic, its just what we have always referred to it as, may it be South of the border or anything else for that matter. I certainly didnt bring The United States of America in to it (or have I named that incorrectly??)

Edited by jgguinness on Saturday 26th December 23:28