Industry predicts that car sales will top 120,000 this year

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.

Nationally figures are 30% ahead of last year at just over 12,700, with the availability of credit and a range of special offers driving demand.

And if showroom traffic is anything to go by, the growth enjoyed across the industry last year will continue apace in 2015, according to Brendan Keary of Keary’s.