NCT cancellation alerts · every centre in Ireland

Skip the NCT queue.
Get the cancellation first.

Thousands of earlier dates open on ncts.ie every week and go within hours. We watch your centres round the clock and message you the minute one appears, with the date, the time and the booking link.

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Due date, status and your nearest centres in a second.
2,000+
earlier dates open every week across the 50 centres
3 alerts
or the €9.99 comes back automatically
40%
of those dates are for the next 3 days
< 1 min
from the date opening on ncts.ie to your alert

What lands on your phone

Centre, date, time, booking link. Nothing to search for.

Email and, if you switch it on, a push notification. Tap it, ncts.ie opens on your calendar, you take the slot. Booking takes about two minutes.

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Earlier NCT date at Deansgrange

Fri, 6 Nov · 08:40. Open now on ncts.ie, tap to book.

Example. Real alerts carry your centre and the exact time.

Busiest centres this week

All 50 centres

Tap a centre to watch it, then type your reg above. 2,000+ earlier dates opened nationwide last week; the quietest centre still had 10+.

1. Type your reg

We check ncts.ie: due date, status, whether an earlier test would count as voluntary. Free, no account.

2. Pick your centres

Up to 5, anywhere in Ireland. Add a deadline and, if you like, the times and days you can make.

3. Book from the alert

A date opens, your phone buzzes within a minute. The first alert usually comes within hours. Tap through to ncts.ie and take it.

One price

€9.99

7 days · up to 5 centres · unlimited alerts · nothing renews

3 alerts or your money back, automatically. Fewer than 3 alerts in the 7 days and the €9.99 goes back to your card on its own. No forms, no asking.

Questions

How fast is an alert?

Within about a minute of a date appearing, from 7am to 11pm; within a few minutes overnight. Push notifications land a second or two after the email is sent.

Do you book the test for me?

No. We never book tests and never take money for booking one. NCT tests are booked only on ncts.ie or through the NCTS booking line, 01 413 5992. NCTS has warned about websites that charge a fee to book an NCT for you, and says they have no connection with it. The email has the ncts.ie link and three short steps: enter your reg, pick the centre, take the date. The €60 test fee goes to NCTS directly.

Why do you need my registration?

ncts.ie only shows appointment calendars after a registration is entered. Yours means the dates we alert you to are the ones your car can actually book, and it tells us your due date so we can warn you if an earlier test would count as voluntary.

What is a voluntary test?

A test more than 90 days before your due date. Pass it and your next due date moves to the anniversary of that test, so you lose the months in between. Inside the 90-day window nothing changes.

How many centres can I watch?

Up to 5, any mix across Ireland. You can change them at any time from your alerts page without paying again.

Is it a subscription?

No. €9.99 once for 7 days of unlimited alerts. When the 7 days end you get one email, and nothing is charged. Alerts start the moment you pay, so the 14-day cooling-off period does not apply.

What is the guarantee?

3 alerts or your money back. If we send you fewer than 3 alerts for dates up to your deadline, the €9.99 is refunded to your card automatically; you get an email, nothing to claim. That is the promise for a deadline a week or more away. Ask for a shorter window and the promise shrinks with it (7 days or more: 3 alerts; 5 to 6 days: 2 alerts; 3 to 4 days: 1 alert; under 3 days: no guarantee); the box by the Pay button shows which applies before you pay. Stopping alerts yourself: if we have found nothing for you by then, the plan ends and the €9.99 comes back at once; if we have found at least one appointment, the payment stays and the guarantee ends there, because we can no longer count what you would have received. The stop screen tells you which before you press the button. Narrowing the deadline later lowers the promise, never raises it. Appointments we find that your own time or weekday filters screen out count as alerts, since we did find them.

Who runs this?

Avlas Digital, a sole trader in Ireland. We are not NCTS or the RSA and have no connection to them.

NCT guides

Plain answers with the NCTS rule behind each one.

NCT waiting times in 2026 run to months at the busy Dublin centres, while cancellations open and close within minutes. nctalerts.ie is a small, independent service that watches availability at your centres and sends an alert the moment a date you can use appears. See the live picture at every centre on the centres page.

We do not book NCT tests and never take money for booking. Book only on ncts.ie: NCTS has warned the public about websites that charge a fee to book a test, and Citizens Information repeated the warning in January 2026. Our €9.99 pays for alerts only.