New car sales increased by almost a third last month, when compared to January 2013, according to Motorcheck.ie. There were almost 22,000 new cars registered last month. Over 17,000 were sold in ...

Motorcheck.ie, one of Ireland's leading online car history check services, is flagging up a worrying gap between Irish and UK car buyers when it comes to cars that have been previously written off.

DEPENDING on who you talk to, tampering with mileage or ‘clocking’ as it is generally known, is either prevalent or a minor problem. One way or the other, a new crackdown on the practice – which ...

MotorCheck.ie found more than 39,336 affected vehicles, worth over €318m, by cross-referencing the vehicle identification numbers of 1.9m Irish vehicles with its UK salvage database These cars were ...

Motorcheck.ie boss Michael Rochford said: “We see real instances of clocking every day" Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by signing up to our newsletter We have more newsletters ...

At least 39,300 written-off and salvaged cars imported from the UK are currently being driven on Irish roads A weakness in the current tracking system allows written-off and salvaged cars to be ...

Used car buyers are being urged to check the history of their prospective purchases as there are still “tens of thousands” of so-called “zombie” cars in Ireland. As many as 10% of used cars imported ...