A Polish national who sold two stolen cars on DoneDeal for around €6,000 each has received a suspended three-year jail term.

A man who threatened to kill gardaí and rape their children when he blitzed a Garda station with a series of abusive calls from Australia has been jailed for almost four years.

A man telephoned gardaí from Australia and threatened to rape and kill a number of them and their children and then mocked their dead colleague killed in the line of duty.

As consumers we are becoming more aware of the impact our purchases are making on both our finances and the planet.

Online searches for hybrid and electric vehicles have increased by 244% over the last two and a half years.

Nicholas Keane said he "wanted to get money together to give my kids a good Christmas".

Over 640,000 used cars were sold in Ireland last year.

IT is said they are the most down-to-earth royals, the most accessible, the least stiff-upper-lippy. That’s Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Wherever the Second Grandson inherits, writes Colm O’Regan.

An extra 23,000 hectares of catch crops is the aim of the €100-155 per hectare incentive for tillage farmers announced last week by the government.

A local authority is embracing cutting-edge technology in its battle against fly-tipping and illegal dumping.

There were 91,185 new car sales in the first half of 2017 which is a decline of 10% when compared to vehicles sold during the first half of 2016.

New car sales are down by 10% for the first half of this year when compared to the same period in 2016.

Senior gardaí have warned students against scam artists operating in Cork City and its suburbs ahead of the new college year and have also told farmers about a craze in quad bike thefts.

The head of Ticketmaster in Ireland has warned that proposed anti-touting legislation will remove safeguards from consumers buying secondhand tickets from approved resale sites.

New car registrations fell by 21% last month, compared to February 2016, a decrease that was worse than expected by the industry.

A man described by gardaí as “a senior figure” in a Limerick crime gang has been ordered by the High Court not to dispose of a house in Tipperary and a car which are suspected to have been acquired from the proceeds of crime.

This week Colm O’Regan admits the one thing he doesn’t miss now that we’ve really left 2016 behind ... perfume ads.

A businessman who sells edible insects has been jailed for a professional shoplifting scheme where he stole high-value household goods to order.

There are calls for more community based Gardaí in rural areas.

Buying a sofa is hardly the most exciting purchase a customer is likely to make, but this guy makes it sound like a trip to ibiza, going for half nothing, during spring break.

The use of local “spotters” is widespread among criminal gangs targeting farmyards for valuable equipment and machinery, a specialist detective has said.

Car sales could be flat in 2017 as the motor industry faces an uncertain period due to Brexit.

A deaf victim of DoneDeal fraudster Patrick Matthews has been left “very hurt and angry” by his former flatmate’s deception.

Many social media platforms are dominated by women as a special business seminar will celebrate, Ailin Quinlan reports

Conall O Fátharta says sales of used and new cars have been enjoying a recovery during the past 12 months

New car sales are up almost a third in the first three months of the year compared to the same period in 2015, as another strong year is predicted for the motor industry.

With online car sales at record levels, consumers have been warned to stay safe and be wary of scams when buying a car over the internet.

New car sales grew by 30% last year as industry figureheads said the motor sector was helping to drive employment.

An animal charity has been inundated with puppies and is looking for good homes for 60 of them.

The Society of the Irish Motor Industry has predicted the car sales sector will grow by 20% next year, with up to 150,000 new vehicles sold and an extra 3,250 jobs created.

A mother-of-two, who began importing and supplying banned slimming tablets which carry serious health risks, has been spared a jail sentence.

A man who allowed his bank account to be used in a Electric Picnic tickets scam is to be sentenced in January.

Plans to build a search and rescue base in Waterford City are well under way after the local marine search and rescue team was one of three organisations to benefit from a DoneDeal charity month initiative.

Fancy investing in a 16-year-old Nissan Micra with a difference?

The GAA has “never done more” to tackle touts selling tickets at astronomical rates ahead of tomorrow’s All- Ireland football final.

The sale of new cars has soared to over 100,000 for the first time since 2008 — as more cars were sold in the first seven months of this year than in all of 2014.

We really feel for Mark. 

A new “secondhand Ireland” has emerged with the buying and selling of previously owned items now worth as much as €4.5bn annually, according to a new report.