Certificate of Roadworthiness If you are the owner of a commercial vehicle which is more than 1 year old or a motor caravan more than 4 years old, you must have a valid CRW (Certificate of Roadworthiness) in order to get motor tax, even if the vehicle is taxed privately. It is not necessary to wait until you receive...
Have you ever had a car that you never wanted to part with? Well, that’s how one woman felt, so much so that she has kept her car for almost 60 years. Watch this amazing video showing Grace Braeger driving her 57 Chevy. Grace Braeger originally bought her Chevrolet for $2,250 and she likes it so much, she said she’ll...
It has been found that Ireland has been in breach of EU law by charging the full vehicle registration tax (VRT) on vehicles entering the State on a temporary basis. The ruling by European Court of Justice will be particularly felt on the Border where vehicles entering the Republic from Northern Ireland are routinely prosecuted for not paying VRT. The...
The video shows a Tesla Model S slamming into the central reservation while driving on Autopilot Level 3 autonomous cars are already on roads all across the world and so it is inevitable that some are going to be involved in an accident at some stage. The video above shows one such example of a semi-autonomous vehicle in a collision....
Hailo, the British technology platform that matches taxi drivers and passengers through its mobile phone application is to officially become MyTaxi this week. Founded in London in 2011, the Hailo taxi service is available in many cities around Europe and enables millions of passengers to benefit from its taxi-hailing services. The latest re-branding move will assist Irish users of...
Are flying cars on the horizon? Uber Technologies, theAmerican worldwide online transportation network company who markets and operates the Uber app has hired a NASA engineer to get their idea of flying cars off the ground. Back in 2010, Mark Moore, an advanced aircraft engineer based at NASA's Langley Research Center in the U.S. published a white paper outlining the...
An Garda Síochána stopped a car in Galway at the weekend in which the driver was using their mobile phone while driving and in the process discovered possibly the most comical attempt at a doctored tax disk in Irish history. At first glance, an observer could be fooled into thinking the disk is normal but on closer examination you will...
The top privately sold cars in Ireland in February 2017 (1) 2007 Petrol Opel Corsa (2) 2008 Diesel BMW 5 Series (3) 2011 Diesel BMW 5 Series (4) 2007 Petrol Ford Focus (5) 2008 Diesel Ford Focus (6) 2011 Diesel Volkswagen Golf (7) 2008 Diesel Volkswagen Passat (8) 2008 Petrol Volkswagen Golf ...