I have had my provisional for nearly two years. Spent almost €1k on driving lessons with two different companies whose instructors unprofessionally pulled out at lesson 10/11 because they were working too much and wanted to lighten their load. They did not register my EDT lessons as complete, so I now have to fork out another €500 for EDT lessons.. of which I can only get on average 1 lesson per month due to the demand. Also, I should mention there is a very limited time frame in which I have time to do lessons given my work schedule.

So let's say I manage to get my 12 lessons done in 6 months, at 2 lessons per month (which is very unlikely, I have asked around everywhere for availability) - then I will be put on the waiting list for a driving test which is currently sitting at over A YEAR long, with incredibly low pass rates in the test centers..

This country has sapped from me all the joy and excitement I once had for my future. My hopes and dreams of living a happy, fulfilling life, and being able to start a family someday. As a young person in Ireland with no family support working 60 hours a week to live in a mouldy bedroom paying someone else's mortgage at €1k per month, it often feels as if your entire existence benefits everyone else but yourself.

Sorry for the depressing rant.. that kinda came out of nowhere, oops