Country sticker’s

Are these still required if you leave Ireland driving in Europe, and does it need to be from the duristiction you leave or were the van is registered

You now need a UK sticker. GB sticker is gone.

The technical answer is, I think, that you should have either a small sticker on the left of your number plates showing the letters UK with a union flag, or a large white oval with U.K. printed stuck on the rear of the vehicle. This is an overriding requirement for visiting Spain irrespective of you displaying the small number plate sticker.

I simply display both an ireland and N.I. small stickers on the rear bumper and also the N.I. Version of the number plate sticker which has the EU stars around it. Has to be some benefit from being screwed by both governments, although technically there is no approved N.I. Sticker. You could use a Scotland version with saltire or a Welsh version with dragon if you don’t want a union flag displayed.

Never had an issue, the only people who get confused are the Dutch who see the yellow plate but don’t see the difference between an NL and an NI. Often wonder what the French or Spanish police would make of an N.I registered van driven by a an Irish passport holder with a U.K. driving licence.

Davy

That’s the way the eu is, the first 2 letters or first and last letter, I don’t want to change plates with any sort of identification marks but no problem with any temporary sticker, if that makes sense