Winter solstice today – click in to read our safe driving tips for travelling after dark
It’s the Winter Solstice today so that means we’ll only get about 7 and a half hours of daylight with the sun setting at about 16:08 to be precise. We’ve dedicated a page on our website called ‘Driving after dark’ with l…
Mini Makes Sense…. Beat the 2013 Tax Hike and Own a 131 Plate Mini…
As one of the cleanest automobile brands in Ireland, MINI is offering Irish customers a unique opportunity to beat the VRT tax hike in 2013. MINI Ireland will absorb the tax increase on the One D and Cooper D Hatch models which output a miniscule 99g/km of CO2. Combining this good news together with MINI’s […]
Driving home for Christmas – Advice from our Roadwatch team
‘The big day is fast approaching and it’s time to think about Driving Home for Christmas!’ says Aoife Carragher, Head of AA Roadwatch. ‘As Christmas Eve falls on a Monday, it is expected that Friday 21st December will see the beginning of the C…
Call for an independent inquiry into Coillte public forest asset stripping
It is almost ironic that as we put up our Christmas trees , Coillte the State forestry board tasked with managing 1.2 million acres of public forests as well as increasing our low average tree cover , is selling off another lot of public forestry property, 1000 acres in Donegal. In this hour of national […]
Conor on RTE’s The Today Show this afternoon
Conor was on the Today Show today talking about our poll results relating to accepting lifts from over-the-limit drivers and driving with a hangover. To view the podcast of Conor’s piece on RTE Player click here and scroll forward to 04 minutes …
Agri Aware Calls on Consumers to Buy Irish this Christmas
Agri Aware, the agri-food educational body,has appealed to the general public to support the Irish agri-food industry, by buying local, quality and sustainably produced Irish food this Christmas. According to Agri Aware’s Chairman, Bernard Donohue, buying Irish will support 300,000 jobs on farms and in Irish agri-food companies nationwide. “This is the time of year […]
Farmers Vent Anger to Goverment TDS Over Savage Budget Cuts to Incomes
Hundreds of farmers protested outside the constituency office of Taoiseach Enda Kenny in Castlebar, Co Mayo this morning. IFA President John Bryan said farmers who had incurred savage and unfair cuts in the Budget have been making their anger know to Government TDs in a series of protests throughout the country. Mayo IFA County […]
13% have travelled with over-the-limit driver within last year
With the holiday season in full flow the AA is appealing to party goers not to take a lift from someone they know or suspect to be over the legal limit. Highlighting the frequency of the practice, in a recent AA Motor Insurance poll of close to 15,00…
An idea for IT-based co-working from rural USA
Mobile tech and the Internet means many knowledge workers can work from anywhere. But when we think of laptop-armed telecommuters tapping away in coffee shops, […]