Sinn Féin have called on the government to withdraw its appeal against an EU order for tech giant Apple to pay Ireland some €13bn in back taxes.

Nissan chief executive Hiroto Saikawa will step down because of a scandal involving inflated stock-linked bonuses, thus deepening the turmoil that has enveloped the Japanese carmaker since the arrest of former chairman Carlos Ghosn.

Fr Michael Cleary didn’t have to cope with loneliness or celibacy, having fathered a family, writes Terry Prone

Italy would be open to taking a stake in the proposed merger between Renault and Fiat-Chrysler, as long as the deal triggers economic benefits for the country, a government undersecretary said.

Fiat has a generous view of what defines a merger of equals. Its proposed combination with French rival Renault contains a premium.

A merger between Fiat and Renault must include guarantees on French jobs and factories and fit with an existing Franco-Japanese car partnership, according to France finance minister Bruno Le Maire.

US-Italian car maker Fiat Chrysler has made an all-share merger proposal to French rival Renault as part of a new wave of consolidation in the car industry.

Fiat Chrysler is a “house of brands” and that ensures it will be one of the few traditional carmakers to survive the disruption the auto industry is facing from the rise of electric and self-driving cars, according to chief executive officer Mike Manley.

Vans and small trucks are a bellwether of economic activity, and sales of them have fallen 13.4%, says Brian Byrne.

Chevrolet, Alfa Romeo, Renault, and Fiat performed badly

Every phase of your life contributes to who you are but if I had to say what was the making of me, I think it was the six years in Deerpark school in Cork.

IF EVER there was a car that divides opinion, it is the Dacia Duster. The Romanian quasi 4x4 is belittled by many, but very many others see it as the bargain of the century.

It would not be wrong to say that a great many Italians tend to go along with Bill Shankly’s typically understated description of what might or might not still be the Beautiful Game: “Some people think football is a matter of life and death.

Luca de Meo is not necessarily a man many people in this part of the world have heard of or know anything about. But, as president of Seat since 2015, the Milan-born 53-year-old is one of the more interesting automotive bosses around and he is also a gentleman whose stock is rising considerably right now.

The EU is hauling Ireland before its highest court for failing to recover €13bn in back taxes from Apple, writes Sorcha Ní Coileáin in Brussels.

This should not work. It definitely should not work.

Time was when the micro-mini segment was populated with cars which between them were equipped with little more technology as could be seen on, say, a wheelbarrow. Dodgy plastics, terrible seats, appalling designs, poor chassis, and absolutely no kit was the order of the day.

Fiat Chrysler, lacking a potential deal to combine with another carmaker anytime soon, will push ahead with separating from its components business, chief executive Sergio Marchionne said.

I may have to turn to prostitution to pay off my modest camping holiday. Specialist prostitution catering to those who fancy mature ladies with saggy bits, writes Suzanne Harrington. 

China’s Great Wall Motors has confirmed its interest in bidding for all or part of Jeep maker Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles.

Fiat Chrysler will join an alliance led by BMW to develop self-driving cars, intensifying a race by carmakers and technology companies to develop ‘robotaxis’ which can be called up via smartphone and paid for by the minute.

Fiat has created a special edition 500 in honour of the car’s 60th birthday. Jack Evans tests it out in Turin.

Laura Matthews-James had to be airlifted to hospital where doctors discovered her unborn child had died and delivered it stillborn by emergency Caesarean section, the court heard.

SHORTLY after the arrival of the ‘flame orange’ Suzuki Ignis at my house, my phone chirped with an incoming message. 

It’s usually premium brands that attract the most fervent fan bases, but one lifelong family of car addicts has set up its own museum in Germany for a very unusual collection indeed.

The Fiat 500L is a car we’re pretty familiar with by now. Take one regular 500, pump it full of growth hormones and what you’re left with is the 500L — a far more practical take on the hugely popular little supermini.

Every so often I’ll have a small epiphany, writes Colm O’Regan. 

Pope Francis has ended a brief but deeply symbolic visit to Egypt with an open-air Mass for the country's tiny Catholic community.

Fiat is marking the introduction of two new infotainment features to the 500 range with a new special edition.

European car sales in March rose briskly as Fiat Chrysler and Renault took advantage of a solid economy to lure more buyers.

A new, track-focused Abarth 595 has been revealed in the form of the Trofeo, with uprated performance parts.

Time was when Fiat had a car for everyone and the company’s factories pumped out gazillions of units annually to an audience only too willing to purchase the attractive and cost-effective products on offer.

A motorist with 373 convictions under the Road Traffic Act was brought before Cork District Court yesterday for driving two different cars without insurance in one week.

CITROËN has always — well, nearly always — been a paragon of style and virtuosity when it comes to the design of their cars and the classics the company has come up with down the years are far too numerous to go through in the limited amount of space we have available.

We look at some of the new vans hitting the showrooms.

The top six brands are responsible for 77% of sales in light commercial vehicles, a sector which saw a 11% fall in the year to date in registrations, writes Brian Byrne

Having spent years making popular, if dull, versions of their Micra supermini, which were sometimes pretty but rarely exciting to drive, Nissan has upped the ante which the latest version of the car which will go on sale here in April.

I didn’t expect to like this car. I didn’t expect to like it at all. I mean, look at the evidence.

Your questions on the Apple tax ruling answered.  

Fiat Ireland will expand its C Segment line up when the all-new Fiat Tipo sedan goes on sale next month with prices starting from just €16,745.