Author: Padraic Deane

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) is celebrating the birthday of its biggest icon – 75 years of the VW Bus.

International Women’s Day is tomorrow. Here at Automotive Publications, we celebrate all the incredible women working in the auto and transport sectors today and all that will join them in the coming years.

We are delighted to announce that Eddie Cunningham, who has probably been Ireland’s best-known and most trusted motoring journalist over the past couple of decades, is joining the Automotive Publications team.

Parts Holding Europe (PHE) has agreed terms to purchase a significant shareholding in Top Part, Ireland’s largest motor factor group.

Service station and energy company Corrib Oil has announced plans to more than double its nationwide store presence to 100 by 2030.

The Association of Fleet Operators (AFP) in the UK is calling for an official deferral for MOTs on 4.25-tonne electric vans as some fleets report finding tests “impossible” to book.

Following record attendances at the RDS Dublin this October, and the sell-out of all available space for 2024, the CV Workshop EXPO and Auto Trade EXPO will return in 2026, confirmed for Saturday and Sunday, 10th-11th October of that year.

It was with great regret that I heard of the sudden passing of Declan McCourt, the chief executive of automotive company OHM Group. Declan was a real gentleman and was just 78, when he died suddenly and peacefully at his home in Dublin last Friday.

A sincere thank you to all who attended the CV Workshop EXPO and Auto Trade EXPO last weekend in the RDS, Dublin.

The list of eligible vans for the title of Irish Van of the Year 2025, in association with Continental Tyres, has been announced by the Motoring Media Association of Ireland (MMAI) Van of the Year Jury.

Budget 2025, announced yesterday evening by Ministers Jack Chambers and Paschal Donohoe, contains some measures specific to motoring: