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10% of Irish motorists have suffered a breakdown in the past six months
According to recent research from Automobile Association, 10% of Irish motorists have experienced a breakdown of some sort or another within the past six months. They surveyed 7,000 motorists who use their Rescue Breakdown Services and 3.84% of respondents revealed they had a breakdown in the past month. A further 7.25% reported having experienced a breakdown between 1 month and...
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Number of new cars licensed down 20% in February
According to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the number of new cars licensed in Ireland in February fell by 20.2 per cent compared to the same month last year (2016). A total of 16,905 new cars were licensed in February 2017 which is quite a drop from the 21,173 licenced during February 2016. It turned out...
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Top Ten Used Cars Sold by Franchise Dealers February 2017
Top Ten's February 2017 (1) 2014 Diesel Volkswagen Golf (2) 2014 Diesel Ford Focus (3) 2016 DieselSkoda Octavia (4) 2016 Diesel Volkswagen Golf (5) 2015 Diesel Volkswagen Golf (6) 2014 DieselSkoda Octavia (7) 2013 Diesel Volkswagen Passat (8) 2013 Diesel Volkswagen Golf (9) 2015 Diesel Ford Focus (10) 2014 Diesel Hyundai...
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Insurance costs to keep rising according to insurance company
Insurance costs to keep rising to pay for awards warns FBD boss. Ireland’s motor insurance costs will keep rising due to payouts connected with the compensation culture here, according to FBD chief executive Fiona Muldoon.Although the pace of increase has moderated recently, motor insurance premiums are set to be hiked again by the stock market-listed insurance company this year. The...
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Children unrestrained in a car is a form of 'child abuse' says Road Safety Expert
Leaving a child unrestrained in a car is tantamount to ‘child abuse’ according to a road safety expert. This comes on the foot of a recent photograph tweeted by the Gardaí of a seven-seater car which was stopped with four children under twelve years of age sitting in the back and not one restrained in child safety seat or seatbelts....
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Maserati recalls another 39,000 cars
Maserati recalls another 39,000 cars Maserati in North America is recalling at least 39,381 Quattroporte, Ghibli and Levante vehicles after discovering two very serious defects that could lead to fires. It has been discovered that when adjusting the front seats, it could potentially lead to an electrical short which could ignite a fire in the affected vehicle. According to documents...
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Ferry crossings by car increased by 2% to 8.8m in 2016
Car ferry crossings increase dramatically Ireland, as an island nation has a vibrant car ferry service connecting Ireland to both the UK and Continental Europe. New figures are showing the number of sea crossing with cars on Irish and UK ferries rose by 2% last year. Discover Ferries said the increase in car ferry trips was driven by a 5%...
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Almost 8,000 multiple ban drivers still behind wheel
Banned drivers still behind wheel The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has said that here are almost 8,000 drivers on Irish roads who have multiple concurrent disqualifications on their licences but who are continuing to flout the law by driving while under ban. The RSA findings from August 2016 found that the licences of 7,651 drivers had multiple banning orders on...
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Back to the Future! The Top Ten Hydrogen Powered Cars
Back to the Future! The Top Ten Hydrogen Powered Vehicles Japanese car maker Honda and the American giant, General Motors, are investing $85 million to mass produce the hi-tech that will power hydrogen cars by 2020. Honda and GM aren't the only ones exploring the potentiality of hydrogen-powered cars. Many other automakers are seeing a future in them alongside electric...
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Electric cars and solar power could halt fossil fuel growth by 2020
Electric cars and solar power Electric cars and solar power are considered game-changers according to latest reports. An Imperial College and Carbon Tracker reports suggest that these technologies are consistently underestimated by many. It is believed that falling costs of solar panels and also electric vehicles and possibly a combination of both could halt the worldwide growth in demand for...