He said that in 2019 there were 115,000 second hand car registrations, most from the UK. By 2021 – after the end of a transition period in which Britain remained in the Customs Union and Single Market – there were 65,000.He suggested it might reach 40,000 by the end of 2022 but that is a drop from 120,000 pre-Brexit.
Mr Cody referred to an Ibec report on the divergence of the economies of the UK and Ireland and said: “As regulatory changes happen I think that it’s going to become more so.” Mr Cody said he hoped the ongoing Brexit negotiations will leader to “a greater convergence than divergence”. “I know I’m not supposed to talk about policy issues but these are policy issues that aren’t fixable in Ireland,” he said.
Import costs on cars in this country is scandalous. The higher spec cars are off the scale.
Buy new EV ,or get the bus , that is the government policy
Where else are you going to find second hand right hand drive cars
It can’t be Brexits fault surely