Almost 9,000 cars failed the NCT test in first 6 months of 2026 in Cavan and Monaghan.
3,744 cars failed the test in Cavan while a further 693 failed dangerously during that period.
3,881 cars failed the test at the Monaghan centre with an extra 664 failing dangerous. Overall Cavan has had a pass rate of 43% over the last 6 months. While in Monaghan that pass rate stands at over 46%.
In Monaghan 3,912 passed the test and 3,881 failed. Locally the failed dangerously rate is around 1 in 10.
While, in Kells the average pass rate stands at 48%. 16,282 cars were tested in the Kells centre in the first 6 months of the year with 7,854 passing and 7,024 failing and a further 1,404 being failed dangerously.