Ballina Motor Care for all your motoring needs

Fri, Feb 21, 2014

Ballina Motor Care is a family owned and run business. It was established in 1993 with a small premises on Raheen Row, Ballina, with just two employees. Since then, business has gone from strength to strength and in 2003 Ballina Motor Care moved to a new premises three times the size of the original premises with a sales team of eight people.

Then in 2012 a major redevelopment took place and after nine months of construction a new state of the art 10,000sq ft retail centre and store was unveiled. This aggressive expansion allows Ballina Motor Care to carry the largest amount of car accessory and service parts in Connacht, thus making it one of the largest retail car parts shops in the west.

What ever the vehicle, Advance Drive has you covered

Fri, Feb 21, 2014

Advance Drive is Galway’s largest and most successful driving school with a pass rate second to none. Established in 1989 Advance Drive is located in Salthill, Galway, and is the only driving school in the west of Ireland that offers tuition in every category of vehicle (A, A1, B, BE, C1, C, CE, D1, D ).

Coyne Tyres, a family run business

Fri, Feb 21, 2014

The Coyne family name is synonymous with the tyre industry in Ireland. For four generations the Coyne family have been serving their customers. The Coyne family first started in the tyre business in Kilkelly in 1947 when John Coyne opened his garage. His son Pat Coyne snr went on from there to work for Fit Kilkenny Remould as a representative on the road selling tyres to the same garages.

Quality service and competitive prices at Ollie’s Garage

Fri, Feb 21, 2014

Ollie’s Garage on the Breaffy Road, Castlebar, has been catering for all your vehicle’s motoring needs for the past year, servicing tyres, brakes, shocks, exhausts, timing belts, clutches, puncture repair, wheel alignment, headlight focusing, and NCT prep. Agricultural tyres are also available on request.

Keane’s in Balla for all your farm machinery needs

Fri, Feb 21, 2014

Keane's Farm Machinery has been an established family-run business for the last 30 years.

Keane’s stocks all tractors and farm equipment parts, and also has a specialised team of experienced fitters, which works six days a week from Monday to Saturday.

Cassidy Motors appointed first SsangYong dealer in the west

Fri, Feb 07, 2014

SsangYong Motors, Korea’s newest car brand to enter the Irish market, have gained a strong foothold in the West of Ireland by appointing Cassidy Motors Ltd as their first Connacht dealer.

Government to enforce offences for car clocking and write-offs

Fri, Jan 31, 2014

The Minister of Transport, Leo Varadkar, is moving to deal with two issues that have been a dark shadow over the motor industry for a long time. The offences of car mileage clocking and write-offs returning to the road, perpetrated by a small number in the Irish motor industry, are at long last having their actions legislated for, with legal sanctions being put in place.

New Seat Leon sports tourer arrives

Fri, Jan 31, 2014

Seat boasts its new Leon sports tourer (estate) demonstrates that thrilling sports character and exceptional everyday usability do not have to be mutually exclusive. It arrives with an entry level price €20,185 for the 1.2 TSi S petrol version.

Galway Rally attracts capacity entry

Fri, Jan 31, 2014

More than 100 teams, including four-times winner Eugene Donnelly, will compete in this year’s Colm Quinn BMW Galway International Rally, representing a “significant increase” on last year.

Honda Civic records exceptional fuel economy

Fri, Jan 24, 2014

A rigorous round of real-world economy testing dubbed the ‘MPG Marathon’ has once again underlined the impressive fuel-efficiency of the new Honda Civic 1.6 i-DTEC.