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Small cars are cool: We just forgot.
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (1146+ words) I DRIVE A Volkswagen e Up. It is small, electric, and has a range that would keep a cardiologist in business, and I love it. Getting into it after a week in almost anything else feels like slipping on a…...
Government urged to provide targeted measures to drive EV uptake among lower-income households
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (887+ words) THE GOVERNMENT HAS been urged to provide "targeted measures" to increase electric vehicle (EV) uptake among lower-income households in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. The Climate Change Advisory Council has today launched the transport chapter of its 2026 annual review…...
The greatest cars ever to grace the big screen
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1627+ words) THERE ARE CARS you drive, and then there are cars that drive themselves into the cultural imagination and never leave. Cinema has given us some of the most iconic automobiles in history, and the strange thing is that a lot…...
Quiz: How much do you know about cars?
2+ week, 4+ day ago (112+ words) The Journal We need your help now Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open. If you've seen value in our reporting, please contribute what you can, so we can continue to produce accurate and meaningful journalism. For everyone…...
Dublin's commuter belt is going all-in on electric cars
2+ week, 6+ day ago (553+ words) ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE becoming an increasingly popular choice for drivers across Ireland, and searches for these types of cars show there's more curiosity about making the switch. But it's Dublin's commuter belt " Kildare, Meath, Wicklow, and Laois " that are choosing…...
Driving a banger? Here's what the new "5k EV scrappage plan may mean for you
2+ week, 6+ day ago (926+ words) THE GOVERNMENT IS going to offer "5, 000 to car owners if they get rid of a vehicle over 13 years old and get an electric vehicle in turn. The idea here is to encourage drivers to make the switch to electric vehicles…...
Drivers to be offered "5k to get an electric car if they scrap their old car
2+ week, 6+ day ago (255+ words) THE GOVERNMENT WILL offer "5, 000 in scrappage to people who permanently dispose of a vehicle over 13 years old and get an electric vehicle. The new "10 million pilot EV scrappage scheme, as first reported by The Journal'last year, aims to encourage drivers…...
Ireland gears up for self-driving cars with the government working on new national strategy
3+ week, 3+ day ago (701+ words) A SELF-DRIVING CARS national strategy is currently being developed by the government to allow the vehicles to be used on Irish roads." According to Transport Minister Darragh O'Brien, the strategy is being worked on in close collaboration with multiple key…...
Why more Irish SMEs are rethinking traditional vehicle ownership
4+ week, 21+ hour ago (282+ words) UNCERTAINTY IS A feature of modern life, which is why it's so important for your business to remain flexible." In recent months, one of the most uncertain variables faced by businesses across Ireland and the world at large is the…...
Young men from Donegal and Mayo 'disproportionately' represented in collisions, RSA says
1+ mon, 22+ hour ago (465+ words) AN RSA SPOKESPERSON said a "disproportionate number" of young male drivers are involved in collisions on rural roads, particularly along the west and north-western seaboard. Tuesday's death of a man following a single-vehicle crash in Co Wexford marked the seventh…...