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Insurers may soon have to tell you why your car insurance has gone up
Insurers may soon be required to tell drivers exactly why their car insurance premiums have gone up. A report has been published by a special government working group set up to examine the high cost of car insurance premiums. The Cost of Insurance Working Group report covers several key areas: Improving data availability Reducing the costs in the claims process...
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Irish recall of 'fire-risk' Mercedes may take 'some time'
Mercedes are trying to identify cars in Ireland which may be affected by a potentially faulty starter fuse which under extreme circumstances, could lead to a fire. Globally, Mercedes are re-calling over a million cars but they are scrambling to identify those cars affected in Ireland and don't know how many Irish-bought vehicles have the issue. A spokesman for Mercedes...
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Tesla Motors contending with legitimate competition in the market for affordable electric cars
Electric vehicles are becoming more affordable and in the near future, they will no longer be just for the luxury-car owner. Lex Kersse who is the North America CEO for Volvo cars makers told reporters at the Geneva car show that the company’s first fully electric vehicle will likely have a price range of about $35,000 to $40,000 on it’s...
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St Patrick's Day: Public Transport on March 17
As most of us know, getting in and out of Dublin city on public transport can be a bit of a nightmare at the best of times but on St. Patrick's Day it can get quite daunting. Thousands of visitors will pour into the city centre to celebrate St Patrick’s Day tomorrow. The streets will be packed with revellers from...
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Intel Buys Mobileye for $15.3 Billion in a Bid to Lead Self-Driving Computer Systems Market
Intel Buys Mobileye for $15.3 Billion in a Bid to Lead Self-Driving Computer Systems Market andhas announced that the autonomous-driving sector will be worth conservatively about $70 billion by 2030. Intel now joins a growing number of tech companies such as Google and Uber in the race to develop the most advanced autonomous driving systems in the world. Many of...
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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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Burglary gang on 2 hour high speed chase across Dublin Mountains
A car that led gardaí on a two-hour chase across Dublin last week has been recovered. The €70,000 Black Audi S3 which was stolen seven days before had been used in a number of burglaries in South Dublin. It was last Tuesday when the Gardaí pursued the car through the Dublin mountains for two hours before being outrun by the...
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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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Hiring a Car Instead of Buying a Car May Be More Economical for Some?
With the rising cost of motor insurance in Ireland, many people are looking at different ways to save money. Some have come up with ingenious ways to cut costs such as renting or hiring a car on a regular basis. This is what one lady from Mullingar and now based in Dublin as a school teacher, Sue Whyte (34) discovered...
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Barcelona to Ban Older Cars
More and more cities across Europe are placing ever-stricter controls on cars and pollution. Barcelona is the latest city to bring in new regulations on car pollution which will come into effect in 2019. Under the new plan cars built before 1997 and vans and trucks built before 1994 will not be allowed to drive in the city on weekdays....