"Now, would station anyone have an ol’ spare seat?"

Philip Bourke, from Cork’s RedFM radio station, was driving home from Limerick on Sunday night when he came across a car which had no rear lights working.

The AA has called for an “informal grace period” for motorists after thousands of people swamped motor tax offices yesterday in a last- minute rush to beat a new motor tax deadline.

IT’s a long way back for today’s teenagers to remember the heyday of the Space Invaders computer game — but a gig in Tipperary next month will jog the memory.