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A shortlist of 10 models for the Continental Irish Car of the Year 2011 has been announced by the Irish Motoring Writers Association.

A shortlist of 10 models for the Continental Irish Car of the Year 2011 has been announced by the Irish Motoring Writers Association (IMWA).

As part of the agreement, Cycling Ireland will receive Skoda’s Octavia Combi (estate) vehicles that will support the organisation on the 2010/2011 cycling circuit.

An extraordinarily close finish saw Walter Burke from Williamstown take victory at the Mayo and District Motorsport Club’s loose surface autocross event on Sunday. The Ford Escort driver defeated James McGreal from Foxford by the smallest possible of margins — a mere one hundredth of a second.

Foxford’s James McGreal returned to winning form at Harrington’s Quarry in the third round of the Mayo and District Motorsport Club loose surface autocross. It was the penultimate round of the 2009 championship, when McGreal last won. Since then he has been pipped to the post by Eamon Mimnagh twice and Mark Donnelly once but there was nothing that Mimnagh could do to reel in the Mayo man. McGreal took the event by a convincing two second margin to his nearest rival. That rival was Damian O'Hagan from Omagh in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6. O’Hagan set consistent second fastest times all day, netting him second place overall. Next up was Andrew Mackarel in his older Mitsubishi Evo 5 gaining the last place on the podium by a scant 0.6 of a second from Mimnagh.

A man who when observed by gardaí to be on his mobile phone, was followed and observed to drive at high speeds and who was then arrested on suspicion of drink driving, was convicted and fined €550 and disqualified from driving for two years.

The Volkswagen Golf VI has topped the ratings in Euro NCAP’s list of safest cars of 2009.

A man who is currently serving a two year prison sentence was before Castlebar District Court this week where he was convicted and fined €1,000 for not having insurance.

The next generation Opel Astra will receive its premiere at next year’s Frankfurt Show, delivering a compelling mix of technical innovation and groundbreaking design that promises to raise the bar in the compact sector.

Opel's new family car, the Insignia, which was voted 2009 European Car of the Year, is now on sale.