Electric car sales already powering towards last year's total 

The Society of the Irish Motor Industry say significant improvements are also needed to the national charging infrastructure to ensure wider take-up of electric cars in the future.

The number of electric cars sold in Ireland in the first four months of this year is nearing the total for all of 2021 already, new figures have shown.

To the end of April, there were 8,009 electric vehicles registered, according to statistics released by the Department of Transport, compared to 9,886 for all of 2021.