Cork Has Seen A 28% Rise In The Number Of Drivers Taken Off The Road
This is ue to penalty point offences in the past year
Across Ireland, more than 4-thousand 700 people have been disqualified from driving this year.
The Department of Transport says 808 drivers were taken off the roads in the first months of this year because of penalty-point offences - up 149 on this time last year.
A further 3-thousand 900 motorists were taken off the roads in court sittings.
Moyagh Murdock, the chief executive of the Road Safety Authority, says some people just refuse to stick to the law:
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