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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...
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Free €20 Topaz Gift Card For Motorcheck.ie Customers
I wouldn't normally use our blog to directly promote a Motorcheck service but I think this one deserves a mention. New Offer From March 1'st I'm...
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BOSI Motor Finance to Withdraw from Irish Market
Another one bites the dust! Just when car sales start to rise another major player in the car finance sector has decided to quit the market. This...
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Motorcheck.ie Calls For National Recall Database
Motorcheck.ie Director and co-founder, Shane Teskey today called for a change to the way vehicles are "recalled" for urgent repairs by their manu...
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Car Recalls - Just How Common Are They?
The number of high profile recalls by car manufacturers in recent days has drawn considerable attention. Toyota has recalled over 18,000 models i...
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New Car Sales Disappoint With Small Rise (4.6%) On Last Year
2010 spluttered to a start in the Irish motor industry. The 'big freeze' kept thousands of potential new car buyers out of the forecourts causing...