Category: Irish News

The specialist jobs website www.RecruitAuto.ie has welcomed the latest Quarterly National Household Survey figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), showing that for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2008 there are now over two million (2.01m) people employed in the State. The latest CSO stats show there was an annual increase in employment of 2.9 per cent,

Top Irish automotive equipment and tools distributor, PJ Fallon & Son has been appointed Pichler Tools distributor for Ireland. Steve Prince, director of Pichler Tools Ltd told the Auto Trade Journal: “We are very pleased to have appointed PJ Fallon & Son as our distributor in Ireland. We are delighted that Joe Fallon and his team are

The Auto Trade EXPO team is continuing its tour of the country visiting tyre depots, handing out personal invites to the show, which takes place at Citywest Exhibition Centre, Dublin, October 22-23. Earlier this week the EXPO team visited tyre retailers in Wicklow and Wexford, dropping in on Brady Bros Tyres, Arklow, John Bass Tyres,

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is urging haulage operators purchasing a second hand commercial vehicle to check that the vehicle has a valid Certificate of Roadworthiness (CRW). The RSA says there should be a disc displayed on the windscreen of all trucks/ buses/ vans/ jeeps. On trailers it should be displayed as close as possible

Victory for Killarney pair Rob Duggan and Ger Conway in the Junior category of the John Mulholland Motors Ulster Rally at the weekend clinched the DMACK Junior title in the British Rally Championship for the Kerry duo. This was their fourth Junior win of the year. This lucrative prize provides funding for Duggan, last year’s

10 year-old Alex Dunne, has continued his strong vein of form in 2016 and recently scored his first UK win at PF International circuit in Lincolnshire. Alex is an Irish cadet racer, competing in Super 1 and the LGM series in the UK with AIM Motorsport Cadet Team. Having qualified third in group and fifth overall,

Workshop equipment specialists, Techplus has added the Italian manufactured. Keen Space range of work benches, cabinets and tool trolleys to it ever growing product portfolio. Keen Space products are versatile and flexible and are designed for car, motorbike and truck garages and are perfect for any place where a reliable and long-lasting product is needed.

The Auto Trade EXPO team is continuing its their whistle-stop tour of the country, visiting tyre centres, putting up posters and handing out personal invites to the EXPO, which takes place at Citywest Exhibition Centre, Dublin, October 22-23. Earlier this week the team visited Mullingar, Co. Westmeath and dropped in on: Hamill’s Tyres, Robbie’s Tyres

Paul Smith, an apprentice mechanic with Kieran’s Motors, Drogheda has won a 2 tonne trolley jack, worth €250, sponsored by Tyre Care, in the lastest Auto Trade EXPO free competition. With the Auto Trade EXPO on the horizon, organisers Automotive Publications is cranking up its promotional activities, with yet another great free competition. To be

Co. Galway tyre retailer Tyre Aware is throwing its weight of support behind the Irish team at the Olympics in Rio Janeiro. Our eagle-eyed photographer spotted five Olympic rings, made from waste car tyres close to Tyre Aware’s premises at Ballinderreen, Kilcolgan, Co Galway. Tyre Aware is gaining a reputation for its tyre art. Last

Automotive Publications, organisers of the Auto Trade EXPO at Citywest Exhibition Centre, Dublin, October 22-23 is continuing its their whistle-stop tour of the country, visiting tyre centres, motors factors, bodyshops, main dealers and independent garages around the country, putting up posters and handing out personal invites to the Auto Trade EXPO. On Monday, August 8,