John O’Mahony speaks with Brendan Keary of Keary’s Renault in Cork

Car sales in 2015 will top 120,000, dealers have predicted, with new registrations in the first few weeks of January well ahead of this time last year.

Oktoberfest Beag, a celebration of everything Bavarian, makes a triumphant return to Cork this September.

A used car scrappage scheme would give exchequer figures and consumer confidence a timely boost, according to a leading motor dealer.