Revealed: The pass rates at Offaly's driving test centres last year

Learner drivers were more likely to pass their test in Birr than in Tullamore last year, according to newly-released figures on driving test results in 2021.

A breakdown of the pass rates at driving test centres across the country showed that the pass rate at the Birr driving test centre last year was 58.5%.

It was higher again, at 62.8%, for tests held from the County Arms Hotel test centre in Birr.

In Tullamore, the pass rate was lower, at 53.8%. This was very close to the average pass rate nationally, of 53.2%.

The figures were released to Newstalk by the Road Safety Authority, under the Freedom of Information Act.

The driving test centre in Nenagh had the lowest pass rate in the country in 2021. Just 39.5% of people taking the test - fewer than four in ten - passed it in Nenagh last year.

The test centre in Loughrea, Galway, had the country's highest pass rate, at 74.7%.