Foreign Supervising Driver in Ireland

Does anyone know if a supervising driver / accompanying driver (i.e. someone who holds a full license who accompanies a driving learner on a provisional license/learner permit) can hold a foreign driving license, or does the license need to be from the same country?

I have a license from the UK and my girlfriend has a provisional Irish license.

I found this useful thread but can't see anything about foreign licenses: Accompanied Driver Rules/Restrictions.

Thanks.

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Best Answer

As far as I can tell, a foreign license is good enough.

The Irish RSA website says:

the person who’s with you must hold a full driving licence for the category of vehicle you are driving for a continuous period of 2 years.

It also states that a permit holder can't be an accompanying driver.

The citizenshipinformation.ie site says:

Car drivers with a learner permit must be accompanied at all times by, and be under the supervision of, someone with a current driving licence for a car. Also, the person accompanying you must have had the driving licence for at least 2 years.

Note that although these are official sources, they are not the law. I think the Road Traffic Act (1961) is the authoritative source, but I didn't find mention of an accompanying driver there.