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Historic Electric Car Agreement Signed Today
The road to an electric future widened into 4 lanes today as members of the Irish Government, The ESB (Electricity Supply Board) and the Renault...
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Irish 17 Year Old Set For Racing Stardom
North County Dublin now boasts an international racing star as Donabate teenager Gary Thompson prepares to take part in the upcoming Japanese For...
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New Car Registrations Rise 90%
No it's not an April Fool prank - Today's statistics from the Motorcheck.ie Car Index show that a dramatic increase in new car registrations for...
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Scrappage Scheme Costing Dealers Millions
The scrappage scheme launched by Government in last years budget and introduced on the 1st of January 2010 was warmly received by the Irish Motor...
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The Mitsubishi i-MiEV Arrives In Ireland
As the ESB prepares to unveil the first of 1,500 Electric Vehicle (EV) charging posts, Mitsubishi Ireland registers the first of its all-electric...
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Car Clocking Costs Irish Consumers Up To €40 Million
A report published this week by the Office of Fair Trading in the UK indicates that Car Clocking - the practice of deliberately interfering with...
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Are the Upcoming Changes to the NCT Really Necessary?
With some interesting changes coming into effect on the first of April, I thought it would be useful to review the new categories coming into the...
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Beware of Cloned Cars From the UK
"Beware of Cloned Cars" That's the message from Caroline Curneen, PR and Marketing Manager at the European Consumer Centre Ireland. The ECC has s...
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Autoglass Irish Finals Take Place Today
Did you know that there are over 120,000 windscreens replaced on Irish roads every year? As it's insurance companies that pick up 80% of the bill...
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Motorcheck.ie Shortlisted at 2010 Blog Awards
For those of you in the know, the 2010 Irish Blog Awards will take place on March 27th in Galway. We're relatively new to blogging here at Motorc...
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Scrappage Scheme Rules Relaxed for Spouses
Good news! The Revenue Commissioners have clarified and relaxed some of the acceptance criteria for cars registered or insured in the name of a s...
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Do Irish Taxes Compromise the Safety of Our Cars?
Have you ever wondered why is it that a significant number of accidents occur on a straight road in optimal driving conditions? Forget drink driv...