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Case No. 13908Driving offences (unaccompanied learner driving without L-plates, no insurance, tax or NCT) · Co. Kildare · 21 Apr 2025

Driver with multiple driving offences stopped at Maynooth checkpoint

On Bank Holiday Monday, 21 April 2025, Gardaí stopped a car at a checkpoint in Maynooth, County Kildare, and found the driver had multiple driving offences. The driver was an unaccompanied learner driver without L-plates, and the car had no insurance, tax or NCT. The car was seized. The report, published on 23 April 2025, says a court summons will follow for the driver, and the sources give no name, age, sex or nationality for the driver.

  1. Reported23 Apr
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • The car was stopped at a Garda checkpoint and the driver was found to have multiple driving offences.
  • The driver was an unaccompanied learner driver with no L-plates displayed.
  • The car had no insurance, no tax and no NCT.
Where
The checkpoint was carried out in Maynooth, County Kildare.
When
The checkpoint took place on Bank Holiday Monday, 21 April 2025.
Investigation
Details of the checkpoint stop were posted on the Garda Kildare Facebook page.
In court
A court summons will follow for the driver; no court date is given.
Other details
  • The car was seized.
  • The first report of the stop was published by Kildare Now on 23 April 2025 and gives no name, age, sex or nationality for the driver.
7 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatThe vehicle was stopped at the checkpoint, and the driver had a startling number of driving offences. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatThe driver was an unaccompanied learner driver with no L-plates, and the car had no insurance, tax or NCT. (kildarenow.com)
  • whereGardaí were carrying out a checkpoint in Maynooth. (kildarenow.com)
  • whenThe checkpoint took place on Bank Holiday Monday, 21 April 2025. (kildarenow.com)
  • investigationDetails of the checkpoint stop were posted on the Garda Kildare Facebook page. (kildarenow.com)
  • courtA court summons will follow for the driver. (kildarenow.com)
  • otherThe car was seized. (kildarenow.com)

The reporting

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  1. 23 Apr2025
    Reportedkildarenow.com, first report
    Kildare Gardai stop driver with startling number of driving offences

    First report of the checkpoint stop, the driving offences found, and the seizure of the car. The article is brief and gives no name, age, sex or nationality for the driver.

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