Although a Cork court ruling on negligence arising out of a fatal crash raised important issues for suspension testing of cars across the EU, little change has been seen to date, writes Eoin English.

The operator of the National Car Test centres has been criticised for conducting “a sham investigation” into the complaints of an employee who threatened to expose regular breaches of the company’s rules at one of its centres in Cork.

The mother of a young woman who was killed while driving a defective car said she is "delighted" she will receive the report from the vehicle’s final NCT.