{"id":360802,"date":"2026-03-23T11:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/360802\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:32:11","slug":"cork-among-the-worst-counties-in-ireland-for-learner-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/360802\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork Among the Worst Counties in Ireland for Learner Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.96fm.ie\/news\/96fm-news-and-sport\/\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--small c-btn--secondary-fill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        All 96FM News &amp; Sport<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6124ca2aaad3f.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    via Getty <\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            In Cork, learners face an average waiting time of 14 weeks, with a pass rate of 55 percent.\n        <\/p>\n<p data-end=\"157\" data-start=\"55\">Learner drivers in Cork could face a tougher road to getting their licence, according to new research.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"332\" data-start=\"159\">A study by 123.ie has ranked County Cork as the third most challenging county in the country to pass a driving test.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"500\" data-start=\"334\">The research analysed data from the Road Safety Authority and the Central Statistics Office, looking at pass rates, waiting times and road conditions.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"593\" data-start=\"502\">In Cork, learners face an average waiting time of 14 weeks, with a pass rate of 55 percent.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"716\" data-start=\"595\">The study also found more than 60,000 drivers in the county had penalty points recorded, suggesting busy road conditions.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"841\" data-start=\"718\">Nationally, the learner driver backlog has grown to as many as 100,000 people, with some waiting up to 20 weeks for a test.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"919\" data-start=\"843\">Dublin was ranked the most challenging county overall, followed by Monaghan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/onic-player\/id6747436925?ppid=7f34f5aa-7e94-4bfd-8061-e41ce90c27a8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/68da98f341698.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All 96FM News &amp; Sport via Getty In Cork, learners face an average waiting time of 14 weeks,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1339,61,60,1344,1345,43,1343,1342,1341,1340],"class_list":["post-360802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-cork-96fm","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-live-broadcast-available","tag-lorraine-and-ross","tag-news","tag-news-and-information","tag-presenters","tag-programmes","tag-the-word-on-96fm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}