#Journalist - Transport, Motoring & Consumer @TheSundayIndo - Motoring Editor & Columnist @Independent_ie @GHmagazine @euronews @NewstalkFM @RTE @IrelandAMVMTV
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Due to popular demand 🤣, here’s the annual tweet of the recipe for my late mother #NualasChristmasCake. Christmas Day was her birthday too, so that cake often had candles as well!
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How to reduce the cost of running your car, even as fuel prices soar buff.ly/BeZW0cQ
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Genuinely think the backlash against this is making perfect the enemy of good. Saw these breathalyzers in action at the exit of EP and young people queuing up to make sure they were safe to drive. Did it myself. Thought it brought great awareness.
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I spoke to Tim Franks on the #BBC World Service about Tesla’s flying car. Will it ever get off the road?
#Tesla #FlyingCars #FutureOfTransport #BBCWorldService
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Tesla has unveiled its next-generation Roadster ‘flying car’. I’ll be on BBC World Service’s Newshour today at around 14:30 to discuss what it means for Tesla and electric cars. @bbcworldservice #Tesla
Geraldine Herbert retweeted
Falling birth rates, fertility and becoming a mum later in life
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Can you park without the beeps? Love your car’s tech or happily drive without it? Looking for drivers for a feature on skills we might be losing. Which camp are you in? No parking audition required! Email [email protected] #journorequest RTs appreciated.
Extraordinary interview on @NewstalkFM Breakfast with @RSAIreland. To say young drivers are overrepresented in fatal and serious injury crashes, you first need to know what proportion of drivers on the road are young. #roadsafety #youngdrivers
Geraldine Herbert retweeted
How can one government spend so much money without it ever seeming to make a difference to anyone's life? #Budget2027
Vehicle Registration Tax relief for electric vehicles will be extended for another two years until December 31st, 2028.
But VRT will increase by 1 per cent on cars in bands 3 to 20
#budget2027
Market share by engine type 2026:
Electric 27.43%,
Hybrid (Petrol Electric) 23.68%,
Petrol 19.59%,
Plug-In Hybrid 14.93%,
Diesel 12.36%.
#simi #newcarsales
The Volkswagen ID.4 leads Ireland’s new electric car model rankings for 2026, followed by the Tesla Model Y and Skoda Enyaq. The Model Y was September’s best-selling new car overall. #simi #newcarsales
Toyota leads Ireland’s new car brand rankings for 2026, followed by Volkswagen, Skoda, Hyundai and Kia. The Toyota Yaris Cross is the top model so far this year. #simi #newcarsales
Battery electric cars account for 27.43% of Ireland’s new car market in 2026, ahead of petrol hybrids at 23.68% and petrol at 19.59%. September saw 3,126 new BEVs registered. #simi #newcarsales
Ireland’s new car registrations rose 13.1% in September to 6,342. Year-to-date registrations reached 128,288, up 5.4% on the same period in 2025. #simi #newcarsales
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Over the past decade, something profound has been happening. People are having fewer children, women are becoming mothers later in life, and the age-old question of whether it’s possible to balance a career and a family feels more relevant than ever.
You can listen to this episode on the player above, or search for Conversations with Parents wherever you get your podcasts.
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The beatings will continue…
Additional €2 per item parcel tax confirmed in run-up to Christmas shopping rush independent.ie/business/iris…
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Breaking - after 4 hours of conversation between players, management and FAI - a vote held with players and a “significant majority” opted to play @rtenews