24 Jan 2012
Posted by Miriam O'Neill 
Here's something that might restore your fragile ego if you've failed your driving test recently! We came across this article in the UK Telegraph about an unlucky learner driver who has failed his driving test a whopping 92 times! Maybe he should just stick to the bus!
Read more → 18 Jan 2012
Posted by Miriam O'Neill
Owners of Mini Cooper and John Cooper Works models built between 2006 and 2011 will be written to in the coming weeks to ask them to bring their cars to a Mini dealer for a replacement water pump. The recall is estimated to affect around 235,000 cars around the world - approximately 300 of these in Ireland...
Read more → 29 Dec 2011
Posted by Miriam O'Neill
Out with the old and in with the new. This New Year, AA Patrols are encouraging motorists to treat their cars with a little more TLC following the results of their most recent Motoring Poll. The poll which was responded to by more than 12,300 people indicates that a significant portion of the Irish...
Read more → 28 Dec 2011
Posted by Miriam O'Neill The AA Roadwatch Team headed by Monaghan’s Aoife Carragher today reveals their top five noteworthy traffic incidents and events of 2011. 1. VIPs cause lock down: Topping the team’s list are two unforgettable state visits: The historic arrival of Queen Elisabeth II in May which resulted in unprecedented...
Read more → 17 Nov 2011
Posted by Miriam O'Neill
Being an offical witness at a World Record attempt to gather the most leprachauns in the one place.....all in a day's work for our AA Ireland Director of Policy, Conor Faughnan! Yestreday Conor joined The Mooney Show's Derek Mooney and 261 of his listeners in the Grand Canal Theatre (all of whom were dressed...
Read more → 09 Nov 2011
Posted by Miriam O'Neill
Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport, Michael Ring TD today presented second generation owners and husband and wife team Simon Haden and Frederieke McMurray of the world class Gregans Castle Hotel, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare with the award of ‘AA Ireland’s Hotel of the Year’...
Read more → 07 Nov 2011
Posted by Miriam O'Neill
The average price of a motor insurance policy in Ireland dropped from €567 to €549 since the beginning of 2011 representing a decrease of 3% according to the results of the new AA Irish Motor Insurance Premium Index. The news of this small but welcome reduction comes from a new quarterly motor insurance...
Read more → 26 Oct 2011
Posted by Miriam O'Neill Irish motorists are strongly in support of the newly reduced drink drive limit says AA Ireland. According to a nationally representative poll carried out by AA Ireland last year, over 80% of respondents said they were in favor of the drop in the legal drink drive limit from 80mg to 50mg. “50 mgs is the normal...
Read more → 26 Oct 2011
Posted by Miriam O'Neill The AA has released shocking findings that show that 11% of second hand cars imported from the UK have had their mileage doctored. The practice is called clocking. The analysis is based on a survey of 5,430 registration numbers and vehicle records for cars imported from the UK in 2011. The number of UK imports...
Read more → 26 Sep 2011
Posted by Miriam O'Neill In a bid to highlight to often well meaning passengers just how dangerous and distracting their “constructive criticism” of someone else’s driving performance can be, AA Motor Insurance today reveals the results of its recent poll which tackles the issue of backseat driving. According to the AA’s...
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