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DoneDeal is an Irish online marketplace focused on helping buyers and sellers of cars in Ireland. In 2019, the site listed more cars for sale in Ireland than any other website. The site was founded in May 2005 by Fred Karlsson, a native of Sweden, and his Irish wife Geraldine. [1] The site currently has over 300,000 live ads.
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.
The first dual-carriageway in Northern Ireland was the Sydenham bypass, first begun in 1938 and fully opened in 1959. Northern Ireland's longest dual-carriageway is the A1 which connects Belfast to Newry, continuing south to join the N1 at the border from where it continues mainly as motorway to Dublin. The A1 was gradually converted from ...
1914: 'Dublin method' in radiation therapy discovered by John Joly. [49] 1926: Three-point linkage invented by Harry Ferguson. [50] 1927: "Variant colonies of staphylococcus aureus" discovered by Joseph Warwick Bigger and his students. [51] 1931: Drumm Battery Train invented by James J. Drumm. [52] Sudocrem invented by Dublin pharmacist Thomas ...
M6 (via M4) – linking Dublin with Galway (Officially opened, 18 December 2009 and the first city to city motorway in Ireland) M7 – linking Dublin with Limerick; M8 – linking Dublin with Cork; M9 – linking Dublin with Waterford (completed 9 September 2010) [18] All sections of these motorways were completed by the end of 2010.
In order to finance their armed campaigns during the Troubles (1969–1998), both Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitaries engaged in numerous fundraising activities within Ireland and the United Kingdom, such as bank robbery, extortion, drug trafficking, bootleg recording, racketeering, and legitimate businesses such as social clubs, taxi companies, and retail shops.
Ireland has four main international airports: Dublin Airport, Cork Airport, Shannon Airport and Ireland West Airport (Knock). Dublin Airport is the busiest of these carrying almost 35 million passengers per year; [19] a second terminal (T2) was opened in November 2010. [20] All provide services to Great Britain and continental Europe, while ...
Official traffic collision statistics in the Republic of Ireland are compiled by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) using data supplied by the Garda Síochána (police). [1] While related data is collected by other organisations, including the National Roads Authority, local authorities, and the Health Service Executive, these are not factored into RSA statistics. [2]