Our love affair with the car continues

THERE was a time in Ireland when people made a wonder of the fact that households in America could have one, two, or even three cars.

But, we’re fast heading down that road. Some of our better-off people have even passed out the Yanks with multiple cars, SUVs and other vehicles on their driveways.

The number of cars in Ireland has more than doubled in less than 20 years. A fact that did not receive the kind of attention it deserved in 2007 is that we’ve gone over the one car per house mark. Residences here now have an average 1.2 cars.