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The HSA has launched a 2026 nationwide driving for work inspection campaign. Construction, manufacturing, engineering, services, healthcare, local authorities and utilities are all named. Grey fleet is where many safety statements fall short...
78% of Irish drivers admit to distraction at the wheel (Aviva survey, May 2026). Enforcement is up too. Gardaí recorded 24,500 mobile phone offences on Irish roads in 2025, 11% higher than 2024. Ten years on from our 2016 HSA-sourced summer tips, here's the refresh…
The RSA, HSA and An Garda Síochana hosted a strong in-person seminar focussed on the topic of Light Commercial Vehicle Risk Management. For fleet managers, the picture that emerged is worth paying attention to…
A discussion piece from DriverFocus.
For many Irish employers, driving for work is still the workplace risk that does not quite sit anywhere. It falls between road safety and workplace safety, with accountability split across functions…
Forecourt diesel is up around 20% since January, ending April at €2. For a 50-van operation doing 30,000 km a year per vehicle at 9 L/100km, this equates to roughly €50,000 extra. Here’s a refresh of our 2022 blog, with the four wins worth chasing in 2026…
The RSA's latest observational study found van drivers are more than twice as likely to be using a mobile phone at the wheel as other road users…
On 20th May 2026, the RSA will host an in-person/online seminar with the Health and Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána on the topic of Driving for Work Risk Management...
The Irish Times report of a serious collision involving a worker and a €1.9M High Court settlement raises an important governance question for employers: When our staff drive for work, who is monitoring the driver risk..?
The StopRoadDeaths.ie campaign challenges citizens to contact their local TDs and demand action. That is very welcome. But there is one dimension that risks being under-emphasised in the wider debate: Driving for work…
This week, MIBI reported 19,673 vehicles were seized by An Garda Síochána for being driven without insurance in 2025. If you’re a director, HR leader or fleet manager, your company may be exposed to uninsured driving through your grey fleet…
Today’s reporting in The Irish Times highlights a growing loss of confidence in Ireland’s road safety governance at a time when road deaths are rising and public concern is intensifying. That concern is understandable…
Company EV BIK relief falls to nothing from 2029. The same €50,000 EV costs its driver about €5,655 more in tax across a four year cycle. Our worked comparison sets out what that does to a fleet budget and how the EV still beats ICE on rate alone...