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Caution urged on roads as snow and ice warning comes into effect
Caution urged as snow and ice warning comes into effect today. Much of Ireland is under a Status Yellow warning today for snow and ice. Snow showers have affected much of the country and the weather warning remains in effect until midnight tonight. AA Roadwatchwarned of very slippery conditions on roads in parts of Cavan, Longford and Roscommon, especially around...
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January new car sales down
January new car sales down on last year but significant improvement in emissions New car registrations were down by 3.5% compared to January 2019. Last January 32,370 new cars were registered but there has been a decrease in the first month of 2020 with 31,251 new vehicles sold. There was an increase in the amount of Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV)...
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Ireland's longest bridge opens across the river Barrow in Wexford
The longest road bridge in Ireland has opened up over the river Barrow in Wexford as part of the N25 New Ross bypass. The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge was opened in a ceremony by Leo Varadkar and Rose Katherine Kennedy Townsend. The bypass took 2.5 million hours of work and more than 70,000 tonnes of concrete and part of the...
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Part of NCT test suspended with immediate effect over vehicle lift safety issue
On foot of a similar suspension in Northern Ireland MOT test centres, part of the National Car Test has been suspended pending a full safety inspection. The NCT’s suspension of part of it test came into effect immediately on the news of potential dangers relating to the lifts announced by the DVA in Northern Ireland. The lifts under inspection and...
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All MOT car tests cancelled in Northern Ireland due to lift faults
All MOT tests in Northern Ireland have been cancelled with immediate effect because of lift faults. The North's equivalent of the NCT test has been cancelled due to 'lift faults' which obviously pose a danger. The Chief Executive of the Driver and Vehicle Agency, Paul Duffy said that all their MOT tests for cars and light vehicles were suspended as...
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The world's smallest flying car being tested in Japan
Japanese start up tests prototype flying car A Japanese startup called SkyDrive Inc. is conducting human-piloted test flights of their prototype flying car at a protected indoor facility. The tests are being carried out at the SkyDrive research flight centre outside of Nagoya. The flying car company was founded by former Toyota engineers and they believe that their vehicle will...
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Honda recalls 2.7 million cars over defective airbag inflators
Millions of cars recalled by Honda due to dangerous airbags Honda made the announcement on Tuesday on the same day that Toyota announced that they were recalling 3.4 million cars worldwide,with 2.9 million in the United States alone. Honda’s recall, though, involving millions of vehicles is for unrelated issues. Honda will recall 2.7 million cars in total with 2.4 million...
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Dublin motorist caught on camera ploughing through a flock of birds and driving over a swan
A Dublin motorist was caught on camera in what appears to be maliciously driving their car through a flock of birds and driving over a swan. The dash cam footage of the incident was posted on Facebook by the user, Ray Watts who captured the moment the callous driver ploughed at high speed into a flock of the graceful birds....
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Toyota recalls 3.4 million vehicles for dangerously defective airbags
Toyota has been forced to recall 3.4 million vehicles worldwide. The massive recall is due to a dangerous defect that could affect the airbags which might not inflate in a crash. This recall concerns the possibility of the airbags not deploying in a crash. These airbags are controlled by specific airbag control computers made by the ZF-TRW company which may...
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Volkswagen announce record car sales in 2019
VW is the world's biggest car manufacturer Volkswagen had record sales in 2019 and the figure will determine if they remain the world's biggest car manufacturer once again. The giant German carmaker, which is based in Wolfsburg produced 10.97 million vehicles last year. This massive figure was an increase on 2018 when VW rolled 10.83 million vehicles off the line...