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UK imports predicted to overtake new car sales by the end of the year
The UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and the Marketing Institute of Ireland have compiled a report suggesting that used second-hand cars imported from the UK will outpace new sales in Ireland by the end of this year. From the point of view of the regular Irish consumer, this is in no way a bad thing but from the perspective...
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Fiat Chrysler to merge with Renault
Fiat Renault Merge Due to increasing market pressure with the advent of electric cars, Fiat Chrysler has proposed merging with Renault in a joint venture to produce EV technology. A 50 / 50 merger between the two car giants could save these manufactures billions of euros. The merged company would be 50% owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and 50% by...
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Dublin to get its first 24-hour bus service
Dublin's first 24-hour bus service Dublin city is set to get its first 24-hour bus service. The proposed service will be rolled out on the 41 bus route. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has confirmed that the number 41 bus route will run around the clock by the end of the year, 2019. This is the capital’s first round-the-clock service...
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Jaguar E-Type Electric to be built in Ireland
Jag E-Type EV to be built in Ireland Irish company Electrifi has signed a €40m deal to build the 450hp battery-powered electric Jaguar E-Type here in Ireland. The Wicklow-based company also announced last month that it will convert sportscars such as the Ferrari 308 to electric power. The two-seater Jaguar E-Type is almost 60 years now but its latest version...
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Irishman asked for his passport on Belfast to Dublin bus
Can I see your Passport? An Irishman was shocked a few weeks ago when he was asked by a member of An Garda Siochána for his passport on the Belfast to Dublin bus. Derry man, Tristan Drysden was asked for a passport after the Gardaí boarded the Translink bus on which was travelling. All the passengers on the bus were...
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Gardaí will receive penalty points if they break the law
Gardaí to receive penalty points Gardaí have been warned that they will get penalty points if they speed or break the lights while in official vehicles. If they are caught, they will have to prove that it was “in exceptional circumstances”. The media has reported that a letter was to all Assistant Garda Commissioners across the country warning gardaí that...
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One in 10 Irish motorists intend going fully electric
One in ten want to go electric According to a survey by theAA, one in 10 motorists intends on replacing their petrol or diesel cars with an electric car in the near future and the next time they replace their cars. When asked their general opinion on electric cars, one in three motorists surveyed actually said that they would be...
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Saharan sand. Why your car is covered in red dust?
Saharan dust Have you gone out to your car in the past number of mornings and noticed that your car is covered in a fine coating of red dust? Many drivers wonder why their cars are covered in sand and don’t realise that the answer lies in an Africa desert thousands of miles away. During the summer period,...
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Woman banned from driving for test driving a car
A woman in Cork has been banned from driving for two years after she was stopped by Gardaí while she was test driving a car without having insurance. The woman from Bantry, County Cork said to the court that she had only been in the car a few minutes when she was stopped by the Guards. The woman said in...
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Porsche fined 535 million euros over diesel scandal
Porsche fined over diesel scandal Porsche has been fined 535 million euros related to the diesel emissions scandal which broke with the Volkswagen group back in 2015 when VW admitted to manipulating 11 million cars globally to cheat emissions tests. Porsche, a subsidiary the giant German carmaker Volkswagen was slapped with this huge fine for dereliction of duty surrounding the...