A pre-inquest hearing into the Buncrana Pier tragedy, in which five members of the same family drowned, has heard that first responders could not open the doors of the car which had entered the water.

We all know that the Volkswagen Golf is all things to all men — apart, of course from that ridiculous electric version we panned in these columns recently — and now, thanks to a revived version of the car which we have not seen for some time, it will potentially be seen in many more driveways.