It follows a 137% spike last year in the number of drivers caught driving without insurance in Laois and Offaly.
An Irish MEP believes there's an urgent need for insurance reform.
It comes following a 137% spike last year in the number of drivers caught driving without insurance in the Laois/Offaly Garda Division, while the Meath/Westmeath division has seen an 84.5% increase.
Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú says the insurance industry needs to be taken to task over rising costs:
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Registration Now Open for Mullingar's Darkness Into Light Walk
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