New car registrations rise for April, while car prices rise and insurance falls

The number of new cars registered in Ireland last month went up when compared to the same month in the previous year, according to the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI).

The SIMI said that April's new car registrations rose 10.8% (8,923) when compared to April 2018 (8,053), while new cars registrations for the year to date are at 8.5% (73,044) down on the same period last year (79,813).