Category: Irish News

A delegation from the ITIA recently met with executives of the Irish Road Haulage Association to discuss the potential cost of truck tyre recycling under the new PRI scheme. Verona Murphy, President of the IRHA, endorsed the ITIA position in calling on Minister Naughten to allow an Industry led, fit for purpose Compliance Scheme, with

Tyreshop equipment specialists, Techplus is set to launch the Ahcon safety inflation cage onto the market. The Ahcon safety inflation cage is suitable for truck tyre inflation and helps to optimise safety in the workshop. Available in a range of colours, the Ahcon safety inflation cage can be specified with a computerised tyre inflator as

Ireland’s Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle kept up their impressive form and (just about) held their nerve on the final day of Rally Mexico. Despite running off the road a few corners before the end of the Power Stage, the Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT crew secured the C3 WRC’s maiden rally win! The final

To help even more workshops enter the profitable world of wheel alignment, leading equipment supplier Pro-Align is freezing prices on its entry level PA200 models until the end of May 2017. With post-Brexit currency fluctuations hitting the sector hard, the move is designed to give confidence and short-term stability to those budget-restricted workshops who are

RecruitAuto.ie, Ireland’s recruitment website welcomed the publication of the latest Live Register figures, showing a continuing fall in the numbers of people signing on. The seasonally adjusted figures show a decline of 2,800 compared to the January figures and a decline of 44,356 compared to the February 2016 figures. All 8 regions have shown fall

Tyre dealerships have crowned their new ‘Online Champions’ at two free digital training sessions hosted by Michelin, which is helping retailers boost sales and profits through internet optimisation. Representatives of 20 Michelin Auto Professional dealerships attended one of two training events, held jointly in Stoke-on-Trent and Dublin. They mark the first of several initiatives planned

Mat Wilkinson has been appointed as Commercial Sales and Marketing Director for Continental Tyre Group, with responsibility for the UK and Republic of Ireland.  With a career in the tyre industry which spans almost 20 years, Mat will be taking over from Arthur Gregg, who has moved to a new position within Continental, as Integration

Ireland’s leading online directory of tyre retailers, FindaTyre.ie, now boasts more than 150 individual outlets, throughout the country. Upwards on 150 tyre retailers have signed up since launch, with tyre retailers being added every day. To promote the online directory, FindaTyre.ie is supported by a major advertising campaign on Google. The Adwords campaign drives large

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has launched a new digital road safety campaign focusing on the misuse of seatbelts by women. The campaign entitled “Get This Season’s Killer Look”, is aimed at discouraging women from wearing their seatbelts under their arm, which can cause horrific injuries in the event of a collision. A study of

Garda-Operation Thor had a very successful multi-agency checkpoints at the M1 Motorway at Balbriggan on Sunday last, the 19th February. As part of Operation Thor, under the direction of Detective Superintendent Colm Fox, Gardaí, Revenue Customs officers and compliance officers attached to the National Transport Authority, carried out a planned multi agency operation in the

The SIMI Irish Motor Industry Awards in partnership with sponsor Bank of Ireland Finance were held last night at a glittering ceremony at the Clayton Hotel, Dublin 4. The awards now in their seventh year were attended by over 700 of the motor industry’s senior figures and guests. The accolades adjudicated by an independent panel