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CHANGES ARE BEING made to NCT centres across the country following an increase for appointments last year.
Longer opening hours and extra test lanes are among the measures being introduced – 24 hour testing started at the Northpoint test centre in Dublin last night.
This facility will be available four nights a week and is being shared between the Northpoint test centre and Deansgrange in Dublin.
The 24-hour testing also started at Little Island test centre in Cork tonight. The Minster for Transport Paschal Donohoe said,
This will facilitate owners who work shifts or who may require an urgent appointment and has already proved very popular with 100% of night time slots available for the first week having been booked up quickly.
Opening hours at 20 centres have been extended to provide at least one additional day of either later or earlier opening.
Centres in Galway, Ballina, Enniscorthy and Killarney will now provide testing from 7am to 11.30pm four days a week.
Extra lanes and more staff
Additional test lanes have also been provided at Blarney, Naas, Mullingar and Portlaoise test centres.
While extra vehicle inspectors have also been recruited, bringing the number to 580 - the highest ever in the history of NCT.
This will give the NCTS the capacity to carry out more than 150,000 additional tests this year, compared to last.
The Road Safety Authority estimates that over 200,000 vehicles have an out-of-date NCT at any given time.
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Has anyone else noticed that since this covid 19 started, that the weather has been amazing, the skies have been clearer and the water taste better
@Nakedcleanersireland.com: Maybe this is Mother Natures way of putting us back in our box.
@Nakedcleanersireland.com: How’s business these days?
@Nakedcleanersireland.com: Amazing weather??? It’s been cold. Lower than the average monthly temperature for March.
@Nakedcleanersireland.com: Do you think the fact it’s spring might be a factor?
@Nakedcleanersireland.com: It is the time of year for the weather to be like this. Maybe you’ve been too busy to notice those things before?
@Logan Shepherd: I’ve learned I need to slow down and enjoy things more. Career change may be in order after this.
@Nakedcleanersireland.com: as a golfer that went out in the bad weather and mud for 5 months, yes I noticed the last 5 weeks.
@Nakedcleanersireland.com: Really ? Lashed rain all day yesterday in the south-east.
17 degrees,, yaaaay if I could only go out it would be great
@John kavanagh: why can’t you get out?
Oh dear we will pay for this. Stand by for claims of the hottest April on record, mumbling about carbon tax from Fianma Gael, talk of banning turf and daysul
Think I will dust off the bbq and stock up on a few beers.
@Richard:
Now that sounds like a brilliant plan BBQ in the back garden, good ole bit of craic over the fence with the neighbours while social distancing.
Gonna give the old BBQ a damn good scrubbing and text the neighbours..
I’ll raise a glass to you Richard.
@Justice Mickey: we’re still talking about an outdoor charcoal grill type cooking device here right, and not something else? You see where my confusion could’ve come from, you getting all excited, giving something a good scrubbing, messaging the neighbours! Or have I ‘swung’ to the wrong conclusion mate! Either way, enjoy it man!
@ThatLJD:
Hahaha, that’s 2 flipping great ideas on the same thread …
*looking for my drill*
@Justice Give the old drill a cleaning as well.
Sounds like my drinking habits
Biggest drop in Co2 emmissions since WW2, I have noticed bright sunny skies colder nights with less cloud coverage , maybe the climate change deniers can now stay quiet given that there is actual evidence to prove fewer car journeys, flights , indutries closing etc actial makes a difference .
https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0403/1128226-fall-in-co2-emissions-could-be-greatest-since-ww2/
@John Judd: No one denies climate change, only the affect humans have on it.
Great. I might be able to leave the heating off for a bit longer and light the stove a bit later. It has been really cold this spring, I’m still wearing thermals and ski mid-layers indoors.
Beautiful weather for a run along the river this morning. Definitely time for the BBQ and I’ll try out my first batch of home brew cider while I’m at it – May as well, not much else to do at the moment I guess.
FFS
throw on your shorts…
@The Great Cornholio: here’s hoping lose wind levels will allow us to feel that glorious warmth.
But, the weather is only sunny and nice 4km from my house at any given time. I can’t go more than 2km from my house. :)
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