Car buyers flocking north

Buyers from the Republic are flocking north of the border to buy new and second-hand cars.

Many dealers say that one third of their customers are from south of the border.

Car supermarket giant, Motorpoint, reported a big increase in the number of southerners buying vehicles as sterling declines against the euro. It claims that in the final quarter of 2008, its online operation received nearly 400 calls from Irish customers.