Barry J Whyte on Business

Ireland’s car market exceeds the speed limit

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It’s been another month of big profits in the Irish car market, but questions still hang over the resurgence in car sales.

For starters, vehicle history expert Cartell reported during the week that not only is the size of the Irish fleet of private cars growing, the average age of cars is falling. That probably means two things: people are buying more new cars and deciding to keep the old cars on the ...