A description of Irish Number Plates and their growing appeal is summarised below:

A description of Irish Number Plates and their growing appeal is summarised below:
The vast majority of Irish number plates available from Premier Plates are available on a commission basis directly from vendors in Northern Ireland.
There are several advantages in dealing directly with vendors in Northern Ireland, with the main advantage being that the prices are generally speaking lower than for the UK mainland registered equivalent irish number plates.
The system for the issuing of irish number plates allows the option for the owner to sell their irish number plate for assignment to a UK mainland vehicle.
Assignment of irish number plates to UK mainland vehicles is managed in association with DVLA NI and DVLA Swansea. Unlike the rules for the UK mainland irish number plates cannot be assigned to a V778 retention document unless it is first assigned to a UK mainland registered vehicle.
More recent issues have seen different formats with BIG and DIG being issued by DVL NI and these have seen huge popularity since their first issue in 2007.
The format is a dateless format and this provides flexibility in the assignment to UK mainland vehicles of any age. The format utilises the letters Z and I within the range of letters and this allows popular name formats to be created such as ANZ, BAZ, CAZ, JAZ, MAZ, FIL, JIL and WIL.
Increasing popularity of irish registrations is a reflection of the value for money they provide as a dateless name plate and also as a cover plate where they are effective in disguising the age of a vehicle.
In addition there is increasing interest in high value irish registrations such as BIG 1 and DIG 1 whilst recent sales for OIL 1 and VIP 1 have led the way with the levels of cash that people are prepared to spend on the more exclusive irish plates.
It is worth noting that we provide a service for the assignment of un-issued DVLA registrations to vehicles registered in Northern Ireland which allows us to purchase NI registrations from our customers.