Local TD says closure of Raheny driving test centre in September is only temporary

Tom Brabazon said the ‘priority now must be using the additional capacity at Killester to bring down waiting times’.

The Raheny driving test centre is set to close in September and learner drivers will ‘temporary relocate’ to a nearby centre

Driving test waiting times in Raheny, north Dublin had risen to 29 weeks before the Road Safety Authority (RSA) said on Wednesday the test centre was to close.It will finish operating on September 18th and all applications and test appointments after that will transfer to the Killester centre about a kilometre away.Rah

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