CU for 1 of the personalised number plates costing €1,000

They soared during the boom and now they’re on the rise again — latest figures show that personalised number plates are back in vogue.

Published alongside the Comptroller and Auditor General Annual Report in September, the Revenue Commissioner’s 2015 Appropriation Accounts showed that €177,000 was taken in last year from people securing ‘cherished’ number plates.

At €1,000 a pop, the revenue from the personalised plates last year was the highest comparable figure since 2010, although there is still some way to go before expenditure on the vanity plates matches the €566,000 figure for 2008, at a time when reserving preferred plates was cheaper than it is now at €315.