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<p>IrishEVs.com editor Tom Spencer: 'While Budget 2024 offers some small reliefs ... the reality is that this funding cycle will also perpetuate the energy poverty cycle.' Picture: Brian Arthur</p>

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'The maths doesn't stack up': EV owner says budget offers no incentive to switch
Responding to Budget 2024, climate activist and EV enthusiast Tom Spencer said: 'In one year alone, we spent as much on climate destruction as we will on fixing it'
<p>European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins</p>

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Irish Examiner view: EU must learn from Covid errors
<p>Used Car Importers of Ireland (UCII) Ltd, Centre Park Road, Cork, had sued the Minister of Finance, Revenue and the State claiming the VRT system discriminated in favour of the domestic car trade and against importers by imposing artificially high values on imported used cars. File photo</p>

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Used car importers get new opportunity to challenge VRT system
Slump in car production figures

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Motorists importing from North still liable for new Brexit charges 
File Photo PEOPLE ARE BEING warned to be alert against a phishing scam involving fraudulent emails and texts

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Used car importers succeed in single issue in appeal over €130m case
VRT increases should be paused until impact on carbon emissions is established — ICCRA

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VRT increases should be paused until impact on carbon emissions is established — ICCRA

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