THERE is something very engaging about the character of smaller cars than most people ever give them credit for and while many might dismiss them as being mere ‘starter cars’ there is a lot more to them than that.

WHATEVER happened Fiat? Once upon a time the Italian giant has a great relationship with the Irish public and employed a fair share of people in its operation here. It regularly scored respectable sale figures and back in 2000 had a remarkable (by current standards) 9% of the Irish market and the country’s best-selling car.

DUBLIN plays host to Jessica Sturgess’s debut exhibition this month.

A Latvian man has gone on trial accused of dangerous driving causing the death of an elderly woman in a car accident between Portmarnock and Malahide last year.