Irish sales of luxury sports cars surge by 50%

The number of high-end sports cars roaring onto Irish roads has doubled over the past year.

The number of new Porsches, the Hollywood status symbol driven by the likes of Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, has doubled in Ireland in the past year.

Meanwhile, a brand new Bentley, the super luxurious British brand used by Simon Cowell to cruise around LA, which has a price tag of up to half a million euro, was sold in this country this year for the first time in five years.