{
  "id": 17213537,
  "title": "Loophole enabling drivers to stay on roads without taking test finally closed ... 13 years after first planned",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/loophole-enabling-drivers-to-stay-on-roads-without-taking-test",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-30T10:03:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Irish Times",
    "slug": "the-irish-times",
    "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/31/loophole-enabling-drivers-to-stay-on-roads-without-taking-test-finally-closed-13-years-after-first-planned/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Already, 73,000 learners on three or more permits, of whom 35,000 have booked and paid for a test in advance of the deadline, according to RSA data",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}