Category: Irish News

Billy Coleman Young Driver of the Year Dean Raftery will take on the biggest challenge of his career as he steps up to a BMW MINI World Rally Car on the Colm Quinn BMW Galway International Rally next weekend.

New car sales in January were up 31 per cent on last year according to figures released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI).

A Dorset-based agricultural contractor has replaced its Michelin CargoXBib tyres like-for-like after achieving exceptional wear from the fitments over a five year period.

The licensed tyre trade has received a timely boost with news that the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has thrown its weight of support behind the campaign to replace tyres at 3mm, TyreTrade.ie can reveal.

Over the past two seasons the Patch Tyre Equipment Fiesta Championship has grown into Ireland’s biggest Motor Racing class.

Robert Kubica, running on Pirelli tyres, showed this combination to be the fastest one on this year’s Rallye Monte-Carlo, winning four stages and finishing second on two more. Kubica’s winning margin on the longest stage of the rally (Lardier et Valenca-Faye, at 51.70 kilometres) was the biggest one of the entire rally at 33 seconds.

Goodyear is introducing eight tyre sizes boasting AA label grades in its EfficientGrip Performance line. This means that Goodyear will offer one of the largest ranges of tyre sizes sporting the AA European tyre label grades on the market today. The eight new AA sizes complement an already extensive BA rated offering from Goodyear –

Kerr’s Tyres has signed an exciting three year deal with Hannon Transport to supply, fit and maintain all tyres for the company’s fleet of over 300 units and trailers.  

Trelleborg ProgressiveTractionTM technology will be honored with a FinOvation Award during the upcoming Farm Machinery show, which will take place from 11 to 14 of February in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.

Following its recent announcement about the creation of a new commercial vehicle division, wheel alignment specialist Pro-Align has appointed Brett Hickey as commercial vehicle specialist to head up the new division.

With TPMS legislation picking up steam around the world, it’s important to know that Direct TPMS is doing exactly what the legislation was meant to accomplish – safety and fuel savings drivers, and lessened environment impact for all.