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VW emissions scandal Up until recently, Irish car owners affected by the Volkswagen emissions scandal were restricted from pursuing Volkswagen Group because the exact losses could not be established but the situation has materially changed over the last number of days. It is now believed that stateable cases can be made for all affected owners of Volkswagen, Skoda, Seat and...

Cars being sold with finance owing In the last six months, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of cars either being sold or are offered for sale which still has outstanding finance repayments. New figures emerging indicate that 'indebted' vehicles are still being offered for sale and the figures are increasing from 9.5pc in June to 11.5pc...

Scammers target Christmas shoppers Fraudsters are targeting innocent drivers in car parks who are out Christmas shopping by lodging bogus claims against them. Insurance companies are warning customers to be vigilant as a spike in the scam has been recorded recently especially during the festive season. Aviva sent out the following message to customers by email in which they said,...

A man has revealed how he was conned out of €11,500 by DoneDeal scammers Eamonn Dunne was the unfortunate victim of an elaborate car scam recently. “I was blinded by the excitement.”, he said. When he contacted Joe Duffy’s Liveline last week he revealed how he had fallen victim to an ad which had been hacked on the popular site,...