This is according to car insurance provider OUTsurance.
The 24,375 motorists in Kildare with three or more penalty points on their licence could be paying an additional penalty of hundreds of euro more in insurance premiums.
This is according to car insurance provider OUTsurance.
In Kildare alone, 18,393 drivers have three points, 53 drivers are on 12 points, which is the mandatory threshold for disqualification.
In addition, 43 motorists currently have 11 points – just one offence from being put off the road.
2,674 have six penalty points in the county.
Overall, 26,811 drivers have penalty points of some description.
For the first half of 2026 shows that in Ireland, 387,028 drivers hold exactly 3 penalty points, representing the vast majority of all penalised drivers.
Overall,the number of penalty points dished out to Irish drivers is up almost 8% - or 40,000 drivers - over the last year.
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