Car giant Volkswagen accused of failing its customers

Volkswagen has been accused of a “cover thy butt” exercise after refusing to commit to compensation for more than 100,000 Irish motorists hit by the emissions scandal.

Weeks after the controversy erupted, just 25,000 of an estimated 115,000 cars fitted with environmental test-cheating software in Ireland have been identified.

Lars Himmer, managing director of Volkswagen in Ireland, said it is working to find the other impacted cars.