Volkswagen says it has started implementing technical measures in Europe for the EA189 diesel engines at the heart of the recent emissions scandal.

In the many years I’ve been involved with the car industry I have come across many scandals and cover-ups involving auto-makers involving many aspects of their business, but I have never seen anything like the frenzy which has engulfed Volkswagen in the past fortnight.

LORRIES delivering the first components of the new state-of-the-art printing press that will print the Irish Examiner from next year arrived in Ireland yesterday.