A Clare-based former President of the Irish Road Haulage Association claims the industry is imploding, due to a starvation of qualified drivers.
It comes as the IRHA has accused the Road Safety Authority of massaging the driver testing figures, by moving testers from articulated truck, bus and truck testing to car testing, while waiting times for commercial driving tests increase exponentially.
The association has sent separate letters to both Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien and Super Junior Minister at the Department of Transport, Sean Canney warning that delaying the qualification of professional drivers is stifling economic growth in rural Ireland.
Ennis-based haulier, Eugene Drennan has been telling Clare FM’s Morning Focus that a lack of qualified drivers is damaging for the industry.
Listen to the full interview here
