Hammerlake Studios, a 25-acre site at Lough Sheever Corporate Park in Mullingar, County Westmeath will include a total combined area of 75,000 square meters across 11 sound stages.
Calls for the theory tests centres to be re-opened immediately - more than 1600 waiting in Kilkenny
National backlog of 105,000 people waiting to sit theory test
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Fianna Fáil Senator Aidan Davitt is calling for the theory tests centres to be re-opened immediately due to the long-term economic affects to the country due to the delay in truck licences, construction licences among others being approved.
1,626 people are waiting to sit the theory test in Kilkenny.
Under current level 5 restrictions the Driver Theory Test Service (DTTS) was not deemed an essential service by the Government and is therefore suspended. Currently the DTTS has over 105,000 candidates waiting to undertake their theory test.
More than 60,000 waiting for driving test
Updated / Monday, 22 Feb 2021
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Midlands Correspondent
There has been a call for the Road Safety Authority to lift a ban on driving lessons for essential workers and frontline health service staff during Level 5 restrictions as the queue for driving tests reaches 60,000.
All learner drivers must complete 12 essential driving lessons with a qualified instructor before a driving test can be scheduled, but thousands of motorists are now marooned in the system, according to motoring school owners around the country.
Drivers that are midway through the lesson programme are not permitted to sit any further lessons under current restrictions.