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06 Sept 2025

ALERT: Gardaí teach learner driver a lesson as vehicle seized in Tipperary

An unaccompanied learner driver was caught with no valid documents at a garda checkpoint in Newport

Gardaí teach learner driver a lesson as vehicle seized in Tipperary

A learner driver in Tipperary was taught a lesson in what happens when motorists take to the roads with no valid documents.

Gardaí conducting a checkpoint in Newport, Tipperary over the weekend detained several vehicles for having no valid documents including an unaccompanied learner driver.

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In a social media update, gardaí revealed that the driver of the vehicle had no insurance, no NCT, and was on a learner permit unaccompanied. It is understood that gardaí seized the vehicle.

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