# vehicles - Thursday 30 January, 2020
# Nct
# Nct
If stopped by gardaí without a full NCT certificate, motorists are urged to show gardaí a report issued to them by the NCTS.
# vehicles - Monday 16 December, 2019
# TRYING THE HANDLES
# TRYING THE HANDLES
Gardaí estimate that over €30 million worth of items has been stolen from vehicles since January 2016.
# vehicles - Monday 5 August, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Green Party MEP Ciarán Cuffe believes that we need to restrict the amount of vehicles entering Dublin every morning – as “our lives depend on it”.
# vehicles - Wednesday 9 May, 2018
# Investigation
# Investigation
The affected models are BMW 1 Series, 3 Series, Z4 and X1 petrol and diesel models made between March 2007 and August 2011.
# vehicles - Tuesday 18 October, 2016
# Organised Crime
# Organised Crime
Some 46 cars were seized when 20 premises were raided this morning.
# vehicles - Wednesday 6 July, 2016
# Chilcot Report
# Chilcot Report
The report sets out the challenges faced by British troops.
# vehicles - Thursday 17 December, 2015
# For Whom The Bill Tolls
# For Whom The Bill Tolls
Transport Infrastructure Ireland are taking a new hardline stance on those who don’t pay their tolls, including the seizure of offenders’ cars.
# vehicles - Sunday 6 December, 2015
# Snoozing
# Snoozing
A study in the US found people were less likely to fall asleep behind the wheel if they were watching a screen with moving images.
# vehicles - Saturday 26 September, 2015
# Dublin
# Dublin
Nearly €29 million has been invested in new Garda vehicles since 2012.
# vehicles - Tuesday 22 September, 2015
# Das Pollution
# Das Pollution
Around €6.5 billion, to be precise.
# vehicles - Sunday 16 August, 2015
# Big Changes
# Big Changes
It has been proposed that much of the centre of Dublin could be closed off to cars.
# vehicles - Saturday 27 June, 2015
# Recall
# Recall
A spokesperson for the company has said that it is not a “stop driving your car immediately” issue.
# vehicles - Wednesday 10 June, 2015
# Vroom Vroom
# Vroom Vroom
The vehicles will collect data to help improve Apple Maps, and could result in it launching its own version of Google Street View.
# vehicles - Thursday 26 March, 2015
# Fleet Issues
# Fleet Issues
There were 48 total breakdowns overall.
# vehicles - Thursday 15 January, 2015
# Vroom Vroom
# Vroom Vroom
Hyundais, Fords and Fiats top the shopping list.
# vehicles - Thursday 1 January, 2015
# Shotgun
# Shotgun
Could sales break through the 100,000 mark in 2015?
# vehicles - Saturday 13 December, 2014
The vehicles cost €7 million.
# vehicles - Friday 24 October, 2014
# Total Recall
# Total Recall
If you have a Volkswagen Polo 1,2 TDI, you should definitely read this.
# vehicles - Tuesday 21 October, 2014
# Keep On Truckin'
# Keep On Truckin'
The Irish Road Haulage Association has responded to criticism from Freight Transport Association Ireland over yesterday’s blockade action.
# vehicles - Tuesday 7 October, 2014
# ARGHHHHHH
# ARGHHHHHH
A new Bill seeks to regulate release fees and introduce a complaints process.
# Beep Beep
# Beep Beep
Over 20,000 more new cars have been bought in Ireland so far this year, compared with 2013.
# vehicles - Sunday 24 August, 2014
# Miles To Go
# Miles To Go
Garda vehicles retire at 300,000 kilometres.
# vehicles - Friday 8 August, 2014
# New Cars
# New Cars
Over 76,300 new private cars were licensed in the first seven months of this year.
# vehicles - Saturday 12 July, 2014
# Dundalk
# Dundalk
The operation was carried out in the North Louth area.
# vehicles - Wednesday 18 June, 2014
# Scammed
# Scammed
Gardaí said there is a nationwide scam with perpetrators using marketplace sites to buy the cars and then sell them on for cash. One person lost €40,000 last year.
# vehicles - Friday 6 June, 2014
# Have Your Say
# Have Your Say
The Road Safety Authority wants your input.
# vehicles - Friday 2 May, 2014
# Beep Beep
# Beep Beep
Almost 58,000 new cars have been sold so far this year.
# vehicles - Thursday 13 February, 2014
# Real-time Info
# Real-time Info
The EC has confirmed that guidelines for connected cars, which will alert drivers to traffic jams and accidents, have been adopted and issued.
# vehicles - Monday 6 January, 2014
# Accidents
# Accidents
The HSA said it was particularly concerned about the deaths of four children on farms in 2013.
# vehicles - Saturday 21 December, 2013
# Parking
# Parking
The new provisions will establish an independent appeals process.
# vehicles - Wednesday 4 December, 2013
# No Speeding
# No Speeding
The RF safe stop system uses radio frequency pulse to ‘confuse’ a vehicle’s electronic system, cutting the engine and bringing it to a standstill.
# vehicles - Sunday 13 October, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
The scrappage scheme worked but only provided a once-off (though welcome) boost to both car sales and tax revenues. Swappage is focused on longer term benefits, writes Alan Nolan.
# vehicles - Monday 7 October, 2013
# Motors
# Motors
Volkswagen was the most popular make of new vehicle licensed in September.
# vehicles - Wednesday 2 October, 2013
# TOLL-FREE
# TOLL-FREE
The toll on four roads – the M1, M3, M6 and the Limerick Tunnel – will be lifted in November to see if it reduces the number of trucks using regional roads.
# vehicles - Monday 23 September, 2013
# Court
# Court
Vehicles and car parts were seized on Balbriggan on Friday after a spate of burglaries.
# vehicles - Monday 5 August, 2013
# Gudvangen Tunnel
# Gudvangen Tunnel
A firefighter said that it was “pure luck” that no one has died.
# vehicles - Friday 19 July, 2013
# Number 13
# Number 13
What’s the most popular car brand – and what was the first car to have a 132 plate? We have all the details.
# vehicles - Wednesday 3 July, 2013
# 132
# 132
The number of new cars bought on the first of the month also exceeded the number of cars bought on 1 January.
# vehicles - Tuesday 4 June, 2013
# Car Sales
# Car Sales
The number of new cars sold in May was down 22.5 per cent on the same month last year, SIMI figures show.
# vehicles - Sunday 26 May, 2013
# Drivers
# Drivers
Over a quarter of Irish drivers have had their car damaged by an unidentified driver and almost 7 per cent have had their vehicle damaged by an uninsured driver, according to the AA.
A couple of afternoon thundershowers
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Min: 10 °C
Mostly cloudy, a little rain; breezy
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A stray shower; breezy in the afternoon
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