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The punitive tax on imported cars encouraged a wide range of companies to assemble their cars locally including Fiat, Ford and Renault. [1] From Ireland's entry to the European Union in 1973, the need for locally produced cars to avoid import taxes reduced and since the 1980s, production ended and all cars are now imported.
Cars that were specially trimmed in Ireland, like the Cortina Cashel, are extremely rare today compared to models sold in the UK due to their low circulation in the much smaller Irish market. To mark the end of production of the Cortina, making way for the Sierra, three special edition Cortina models were commissioned in Ireland.
The Cork 20 Rally or Cork 20 International Rally is an annual motorsport rallying event run by the Munster Car Club and held in the vicinity of Cork in Ireland. The Cork 20 Rally was first held in 1912, with the original event named because it spanned 20 hours.
Ireland's roads link Dublin with all the major cities (Belfast, Cork, Limerick, Derry, Galway, and Waterford). Driving is on the left. Signposts in the Republic of Ireland are shown in kilometres and speed limits in kilometres per hour. Distance and speed limit signs in Northern Ireland use imperial units in common with the rest of the United ...
9 April – Fine Gael leader Simon Harris, aged 37, became Ireland's youngest Taoiseach after a Dáil vote of 88–69 and being appointed by the President. [37] 10 April – A large fire destroyed industrial units in Dublin known as the 'home of car culture in Ireland'. [38] The buildings were home to Deane Motors, Drift Games and JC Autocare. [39]
During the Irish Civil War thirteen Rolls-Royce armoured cars armed with Vickers .303 machine guns [1] were handed over to the Irish National Army by the British government. . All were in service with the Irish Defence Forces until after 1945, when following the end of The Emergency they were phased out as the peacetime army shr
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The Jack Lynch Tunnel (Irish: Tollán Sheáin Uí Loingsigh) is an immersed tube tunnel and an integral part of the N40 road network in Cork, Ireland. It is named after former Taoiseach, Jack Lynch, a native of Cork. It takes the road under the River Lee.