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The Kildare-based group is now the State’s largest provider of EV charge points with a network of 2,300, used by 14,000 EV drivers
Charge point operator EasyGo secures €15m to expand network

Electric vehicle (EV) charge point operator EasyGo has secured an additional €15 million funding to extend its network in the Republic and expand int(...)

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe says the Government will review its help-to-buy scheme for first-time buyers next year, after confirming on Tuesday the programme will be extended beyond 2021 into next year.
Help-to-buy scheme set for review after extension

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe said that the Government would review its help-to-buy scheme for first-time buyers next year, after confirming on(...)

Industry analysts AlixPartners estimates that some 7.7 million car sales would be lost this year thanks to the chip shortage. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images
Shortage of new cars is crippling the Irish market

Volvo, along with Ford, has decided in some markets to start offering customers the option of buying cars with a little less standard equipment if the(...)

The Department of Finance’s Tax Strategy Group has proposed increasing vehicle registration tax on regular cars with emissions above 100g/km by 2-5 per cent. Photograph: Alan Betson
Tax plan would force up car prices by €1,500, industry group warns

New car prices will rise by an average of €1,500, with some of the more popular family models receiving a price hike of up to €2,800, if changes propo(...)

One of Ireland’s key calling cards has been certainty and stability in the tax arrangements for international investors. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
When the Taoiseach can’t say what the tax rate will be, you know the pressure is on

There is no doubt that the way is being prepared to make what would be an historic change in Ireland’s corporation tax regime. But while the time to m(...)

The pre-budget papers argue there is little justification for improving tax relief available to people working from home. Photograph: iStock
Significant PRSI hikes proposed for workers and employers from 2023

Workers and employers could face significant hikes in PRSI from 2023 under plans outlined in pre-budget papers drawn up for the Government. With the (...)

Tax relief on electric vehicles should be extended beyond the end of this year, according to proposals from the Tax Strategy Group. Photograph: iStock
Call to cap tax relief on electric vehicles at €40,000

Tax relief on electric vehicles should be extended beyond the end of this year but the relief should apply only to cars priced less than €40,000, acco(...)

‘The EU car sector has aligned with the Paris Climate Accord and is on target to achieve net zero carbon by 2050’
Government’s electric car plans are fundamentally flawed, says leading dealer

The plan to switch Ireland to all-electric car sales by 2030, and to put almost a million electric vehicles (EVs) on the road by then, is based on a f(...)

Kevin Davidson, MD BMW Group Ireland: ‘The greenest electric car on the planet will come from BMW.’ Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Kevin Davidson: BMW boss eyes up excess pandemic savings

The motor trade has reopened its glass palaces amid a revolution, not just in the cars it sells, but how they’re sold. The shift to electric vehicles (...)

The increase in carbon tax by €7.50 per tonne will mean a €1.47 increase in the cost of a 60-litre fill of diesel and €1.28 for a similar amount of petrol. Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA
Budget 2021: fuel prices rise and high-emission cars hit

An extra €1.51 for a tank of diesel and €1,000 on the price of the average new car are the major changes for motorists from Budget 2021. From midnigh(...)

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