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Number of new cars licensed in April slows down by 9.6%
The Central Statistics Office have released their latest figures which show a dramatic drop in new car sales for April. The latest statistics show that the number of new private cars licensed for the first time in April fell by 9.6% compared to the same month last year. The CSO said 13,427 cars were licensed for the first time last...
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12-year-old arrested in attempt to drive across Australia
A 12-year-old boy has been arrested by police in Australia last week for attempting to drive across the giant island continent. The boy had driven nearly 1,300 kilometres, one-third of the way through an attempt to drive his family’s car across Australia before being stopped by police. The unlicensed boy had driven more than 800 miles from his home in...
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You could fail a roadside drug test if you are impaired with theses common painkillers
You could fail a roadside drug test if you are impaired with theses common painkillers If you take medications such as Feminax or Solpadeine regularly, you could fail a roadside drugs test if the Gardaí find that you are impaired in your driving. You may need to be aware that both these drugs contain codeine, which is a drug detected...
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Woman returns from walk in countryside to find vandals have flipped her car on its roof
Katy Skelton, 25, was out walking in the countryside but when she returned to her car she found her new blue Mini had been flipped over onto its roof. The little blue mini was badly damaged following the senseless attack near popular Cave Hill in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Katy and her friends were horrified that vandals had flipped her...
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Horrified mechanic discovers tampered airbag system in second hand car
Horrified mechanic discovers tampered airbag system in second-hand car A garage owner was horrified to discover a car his garage was working on had a dangerously modified airbag system. The garage owner issued a stark warning to everyone buying a second hand to be aware of the possibility of dangerous airbags. Mechanic Richard Dixon discovered his client's car had been...
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Garda’s car stolen as professional European crime gang targets Irish cars
A Garda’s BMW was stolen yesterday morning as a professional European-based crime gang targets Irish car owners in fresh car-hacking crimewave. The BMW 520 Series car was stolen from the guards home in Ratoath, Co Meath. The Gardaí are hunting a professional crime gang which are hacking high-powered cars in a crime wave sweeping across Ireland. The Gardaí are seeing...
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Vehicle Write Off Categories A,B,C & D
Vehicle Write Off Categories explained When a vehicle is written off by an Insurance Company, they will make a record of the Write-Off and notify The Department of Transport. There are 4 levels of insurance write off categories which are allocated when an insurer declines to repair a vehicle following an accident or other damage. These are allocated as A,...
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Are insurance premiums ever going to decrease?
Insurance premiums have been going through the roof in recent times and there does not seem to be any reduction in prices on the horizon which makes many ask the question if insurance premiums will ever decrease at all? Communications Director and founding member of Bonkers.ie, Simon Moynihan believes that insurance costs have reached a "tipping point" with high premiums...
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Washing-up liquid may take the shine off your car's paintwork
Washing-up liquid may take the shine off your car's paintwork Did you know that using washing-up liquid to clean your car could damage your paintwork and take the shine off your car. Washing-up liquid contains ammonia and bleach which, as you can imagine can break down the wax that was applied to the paintwork at the factory to protect it...
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Child Robbed At Knifepoint On The Luas
A 13-year-old child was mugged at knifepoint last week on the Green Luas Line. In this extremely shocking incident, a 13-year-old girl was held up by two people, a female and a male in their early twenties. It was reported that the young girl was on her way home with her friends on the Luas tram after an outing in...