31 Jul 2018
Posted by Chris Jones 
What would you do if you had €100 burning a hole in your pocket? With AA Car Insurance, you can find out! We're offering a 50% No Claims Discount and a whopping €100 off if you apply for a quote online. AA Roadwatch's Esther O'Moore Donohoe and Chris Jones put on their thinking caps and came up with...
Read more → 01 Sep 2016
Posted by Barry Aldworth 
The AA is urging motorists to take all precautions necessary when travelling with children as back-to-school season gets underway, after 9% of drivers admitted to having been involved in collisions or near-misses while attending to a child in the car. An AA survey of almost 11’000 motorists found...
Read more → 09 Oct 2015
Posted by Orla O'Callaghan 
Our CEO Brendan Nevin joined Chris O’Donoghue on Newstalk’s Breakfast show to discuss the 26% year-on-year rise in car insurance premiums. During the show, Brendan outlined these three key reasons as to why premiums are climbing: Fraudulent claims: A perennial issue in which the honest car insurance...
Read more → 26 Aug 2015
Posted by Linda Pototzki 
Motorists in Ireland born under the Zodiac sign of Scorpio are attracting the most penalty points, according to the AA. With one eye playfully on the stars, the AA has carried out an extensive analysis of over 110,000 of its motor insurance customers, revealing those born between October 23 and November...
Read more → 21 Aug 2015
Posted by Linda Pototzki 
Words by Conor Faughnan, Director of Consumer Affairs at AA Ireland For the Irish motorist the big issue of 2015 is rising motor insurance prices. We are seeing a year-on-year increase of about 20% for ordinary drivers with ordinary insurance risks. Anyone who has a non-standard risk for any reason...
Read more → 24 Jul 2015
Posted by Orla O'Callaghan
Following yesterday’s announcement by two of Ireland’s major motor insurers that they will no longer provide cover for cars beyond 15 years old AA Ireland is offering advice for affected motorists. Firstly, we would urge any motorists who have 15 year old cars not to panic. There are still many...
Read more → 05 Jan 2015
Posted by Orla O'Callaghan 
16% have travelled with more passengers than seats within last 2 years As schools start back today, the AA is calling on mums and dads to be disciplined and say no if asked to give a lift home to another child if their car is already full. The message comes after the AA quizzed more than 3,700 people...
Read more → 15 Jul 2014
Posted by Vicky Sargeant 
Are you having difficulty selling your car? Why not try this! According to our friends at Newstalk, David Johns from Sydney decided that putting an ad in the newspaper or on a car site wasn’t for him. Instead he has created a complete marketing campaign to ensure that his Barina is bought! For those...
Read more → 25 Feb 2013
Posted by Miriam O'Neill 
Read our latest press release below: Findings of a new poll by AA Motor Insurance issued today suggest that Limerick and Dublin are the worst counties in the country for incidents of car vandalism. During the poll of close to 18,000 people, conducted last month, 6% of respondents overall said that...
Read more → 02 Jan 2013
Posted by Miriam O'Neill
Men in Ireland are more confident but more reckless behind the wheel than their female counterparts according to a new gender analysis report issued today by AA Motor Insurance. While males, particularly young male drivers, are broadly known to present a higher insurance risk, the AA’s report further...
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