Motorhome Legislation

Used by Galway Co.Co. to ban parking at Kinvara http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1948/en/act/pub/0003/sec0031.html

Used by Roscommon Co.Co. to ban overnight parking in all public carparks http://www.roscommoncoco.ie/en/Services/Roads/Car_Parking_Bye-Laws_2011/

Kerry Co.Co. proposed bye-laws for a widespred ban on motorhome parking http://www.kerrycoco.ie/en/media/media,8175,en.pdf

Roads Act, 1993 http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1993/en/act/pub/0014/sec0069.html

Driving Licence Changes Due Soon

See the following article published on the NCC site should be of grat interest to Category B Driving Licence holders who need increased payload and would prefer to drive a motorhome with a GVW greater than 3,500Kg http://www.thencc.org.uk/news_press/news_detail.aspx?newsid=110 which gives a simplified view of upcomming changes in EU Law, see http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:321:0054:0058:EN:PDF for the full details.

NOTE:

Latest on the above is that The Irish Government in conjunction with The Road Safety Authority have decided, contrary to Article 2 of the above Directive, not to bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the Directive.