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NEW FIGURES FROM the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that there were 10,596 new private cars sold in March 2013, a slight increase of 0.1 per cent on the same month last year.
The number of new goods vehicles licensed last month was 1,057, down 8.5 per cent from March 2012. The number of tractors sold fell from 187 in March last year to 156 last month.
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In total, 17,600 cars were sold last month, an increase of 2.5 per cent on last year.
The total number of new vehicles licensed in March was 12,452 and the total number of used private cars was 4,113 which is an increase of 12.9 per cent.
In March 2013, 29.1 per cent of the new cars sold were petrol and just over 70 per cent were diesel. The most popular make was Volswagen followed by Nissan, Toyota and Ford.
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@Eyepopper: and people should NEVER respond to ads on those online selling sites. I boycott them and only visit adverts.ie as they refuse to allow animals to be sold by randomers through their site.
How about the government put a thing in place where there is no dog licence fee if you adopt a dog from an animal shelter? Might help take the pressure off the shelters a bit. I wouldnt ever buy a dog from a puppy farm..have 2 rescue dogs instead
@anthony marren: Absolutely and also, how about nobody buys a dog from a puppy farm and they’d all go away.,
But unfortunately we have many stupid people in our midst.
Anyone who buys a dog as a Christmas present is part of the problem.
Rescued a puppy back in September after loosing my last best friend. We weren’t emotionally ready for a new dog but we actually felt like we were depriving a dog of a good home. We are now waiting for February/March for the unwanted Christmas presents to begin getting dumped before we get the new puppy a play mate… we literally feel obliged!!
@anthony marren: Our rescue dogs from an animal shelter are the most adorable little sweethearts you could hope to meet – they have lots of young dogs if that is what people want – on the plus side they are often already toilet trained, have all their vaccinations, etc. and have been assessed by the shelter for temperament. So many beautiful dog people being put down every year – get a dog from a shelter people.
This is the same minister Coveney who insisted there was no equine welfare issues during the recession when literally hundreds of them were being abandoned and left to starve all over the country. He has displayed an incredible lack of sensitivity to animal welfare issues and is not a suitable person to be introducing regulations around puppy farming. It simply won’t work.
@Ross Stewart: Also the same minister Coveney who insisted that the Irish badger cull was a great success which apart from costing millions and condemning thousands of badgers to prolonged inhumane deaths is totally ineffective. Scotland and most of mainland europe are officially TB free!! Scotland achieved this in 2009 without badger culling through better farming methods, movement testing and restrictions. I wouldn’t leave that fella minding my budgie because he’d probably roast him with some parsnips and eat him with cranberries and orange sauce.
I have a beautiful, annoying, brainless, warm and ever smiling mixed breed dog. She is truly a member of the family. She is a rescue dog and valuable to no one but us. Here is a real forced breeding and eugenics story. These farms should be illegal and people who buy these pure bred dogs should be ashamed to call themselves animal and dog lovers. Racially pure dogs. More shite.
@Hugh Mannatee: Racially pure?. You mean the breed, not a race. Pure breds are valuable in that they have papers and a history of the bitch etc. Mixed breed dogs much harder to define their history. Important to many people.
@Colin Foley:
“papers” are meaningless – it gives no guarantee of health, temperament or background or sociablility. Many “papers” are forgeries and most people wouldn’t even know the difference.
‘“We in the animal welfare community we take the view that dogs are not farm animals,” said Gillen.’
What’s that supposed to mean?
Why not ban all breeding? As long as there are animals being put down on a daily basis for the want of a home, there’s no place in this country for farms.
@Ruaidhrí O’Baoill: They totally should ban people breeding dogs for profit. If that won’t wash, then they should severely restrict and control licences for dog breeders. And people, please boycott those online selling sites that have sections selling puppies and email them to tell them – in my view this is where the puppy farm people sell their animals. adverts.ie does not sell animals.
I hope people learn from the animal welfare initiatives to educate people on the horrors of puppy farming and choose a shelter pet…. it breaks my heart to see animals being ill treated & abused in the name of money.
Please, if you love dogs, take the time to read up about this, follow the links and add your voice to the public consultation. Ireland’s reputation is being damaged so much by the puppy farm scandal and the situation needs addressing. However, any legislation is only as good as its enforcement so the other thing that needs to be done (other than ban puppy farms completely which would be the best solution) is for proper, unannounced inspections not the farcical ones have taken place up until now. The Myshall scandal is a case in point as is the ongoing saga in Cavan!
@patruth: We have one from Myshall and she is only now allowing us to handle her ..at times. She lives here happily with her new big sisters, a Rottweiler, a GS and a heeler but she has health problems and will never be right after her mistreatment. I’ve had dogs for over 70 years now and am always amazed at how loving and gentle that rescued dogs are no matter what the breed. Shame on our waffling ministers for not enforcing the existing laws on cruelty and neglect, we have enough laws if only they were enforced
Anyone who goes out and pays EUR400-EUR1000 for a Labradoodle or what have you is part of the problem in my opinion. They never buy the dogs from a puppy farm; they are always on display in some farmhouse surrounded by a loving family but of course they come from a puppy farm none the less.
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