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Michael McAleer

Michael McAleer

Assistant Business Editor

Michael McAleer is a journalist and editor with The Irish Times. He is motoring editor and innovation editor for the paper and is also an assistant business editor. With over a decade's experience in writing and editing the paper's automotive coverage he also regularly features on The Irish Times Motors podcast, along with various radio and TV shows. Michael is also the Irish jury member on the European Car of the Year jury. He holds an MBA from the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.

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Last month 17,299 new cars were registered with the new '131' numberplate compared to 21,224 registered in January 2012. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
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New car sales in January were down 18.5 per cent on the first month of last year, the latest registration figures have shown.

Prof John Boland, director of Crann: awarded a €2.5 million research grant by the European Research Council. Photograph: David Sleator
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