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On that terrible cold night of April 14 1912, in the North Atlantic, the Titanic was sinking head first into a freezing, calm sea. It had struck an iceberg 400 miles south of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. And was fatally wounded. The incessant bip bip bip SOS call for help from the wireless telegraphist Jack Phillips and his assistant Harold Bride was interspersed with more dramatic calls for help: “We are putting passengers off in small boats. Women and children in boats, cannot last much longer”.

As part of its bicentenary town celebrations during 2012, Clifden in Connemara is hosting Philip Littlejohn, who will give a Titanic lecture to commemorate the town’s historic link to the Titanic via Jack Phillips (Titanic's senior radio operator) who worked at the Marconi Transatlantic Radio Station (1909 -12), which was located three miles south of Clifden.

Clareview Car Sales and Rentals is the latest dealership to join the fast-growing Fiat Group Automobiles Ireland network.

The shock resignation of ‘Super’ Junior Minister for Housing Willie Penrose in recent weeks has rocked the Labour Party in the lead up to the first Budget which the Coalition will soon deliver.

Record Fairs Ireland returns to Athlone tomorrow, Saturday August 20, to offer the town a vinyl record fix for the autumn, and will be in the Prince of Wales hotel from 10.30am.

The two-millionth second-generation Fiat Panda has just rolled off the production line at the Fiat Auto Poland plant in Tychy.

Fiat has launched a new “on-the-road” pricing initiative in Ireland.

Fiat has launched a new On-The-Road (OTR) pricing initiative in Ireland. It applies to the Fiat Panda, Fiat Grande Punto, and Fiat Punto Evo models. This means that the advertised price is the exact price that customers pay inclusive of all delivery and related charges such as the pre-delivery inspection, valet, and number plates.

Fiat has launched a new On-The-Road (OTR) pricing initiative in Ireland. It applies to the Fiat Panda, Fiat Grande Punto, and Fiat Punto Evo models. This means that the advertised price is the exact price that customers pay inclusive of all delivery and related charges such as the pre-delivery inspection, valet, and number plates.

Fiat Ireland is once again lending its full support to the Flora Women’s Mini-Marathon following its successful debut as the official vehicle partner of last year’s event.