Irish motorist caught driving with car tax 13 YEARS out of date

Hundreds of checkpoints are being conducted to ensure people are complying with new measures including not travelling further than 2km from home except for essential work and food shopping.

GARDAI have caught an Irish motorist driving a car with the tax out of date by nearly 13 years.

The discovery was made in Co. Kildare after the driver was pulled over at a checkpoint near the town of Kill.

Following a routine chat, officers were left flabbergasted after realising the tax on the vehicle expired an eye-boggling 4,676 days ago.

Credit: An Garda Siochana

Just for context, the last time the car was road-legal, Brian Cowen was Taoiseach, Steve Staunton's reign as Ireland manager was coming to a deflating end, and Conor McGregor was still working part-time as a plumbing apprentice!

The car was impounded and a hefty fine is expected to be issued to the cheeky driver.

A garda spokesman wrote on Twitter: "Naas Roads Policing Unit stopped a car at a checkpoint in Kill.

"A check using mobility App revealed that the Tax was out of date 4676 days ( nearly 13 years) car impounded.

"Proceedings to follow. The mobility project is an initiative under A Policing Service for the Future."