My insurance is currently €70 per month, and that’s a price I achieved with the help of a friend who works for a broker. Last year, I was paying €112 per month. My fiancée is also on my policy this year. Last year, she was not. I’ve never had an accident or had to make a claim. Year on year, insurance prices have…

The tax is to pay for infrastructure, not the industry. But we pay tolls on motorways, too. So we get the worst of both worlds. Especially considering it’s very difficult to see where the tax and tolls are invested. Our roads are crumbling. And, when all that is said and done, it’s still cheaper to drive around than…

The best thing about the Puma was its ad.

My favourite teacher died in one of these, so I don’t love ‘em. 

Can’t speak for the UK, but here in Ireland, taxation is based on emissions for cars from 2009 and newer, while older cars are taxed based on engine capacity, but punitively so. So, for example, my dad pays approximately €180 a year for his 2017 Renault Kadjar 1.6 diesel, while I pay €200 for my 2006 Volvo V70 2.0…

Here in Ireland, jeep (small ‘j’) is synonymous with any high-riding vehicle, whether an actual Jeep, or a tall hatchback like a Renault Captcha or a Nissan Puke. A truck is either a rigid or articulated truck, or one of the small cab-over trucks from the likes of Hino or Isuzu - more often than not with a dual rear…

So glad you raised this so I didn’t have to. That extra ‘o’ completely changes the meaning of the sentence. 

I felt the same way when I watched the first episode of Chernobyl.

Like I said, come here and sample our roads. Having visited Poland and Estonia, I can say with certainty the roads were of a better standard than we have - either urban or rural. If I pay my tax, I have the right to complain, or at least know where my money goes. 

I won’t speak for Josh, but I don’t think it’s unreasonable for roads to be kept in good condition. We pay enough for it. I have made no modifications to my car. During daylight hours, I’d have seen the pothole to avoid it. If what you were saying was true, everyone in Ireland would be driving around in a monster…

I invite you to drive here some time, see how long you last!

I’ve gone through three nearside front tyres from hitting potholes like this at night over the past 18 months, and my dad had to spend €2,000 on repairs after hitting one a few years ago. How I haven’t done permanent damage to the alloy, I’ll never know. Tweeting photos of flat tyres at least gets them filled in, but…

Yup! There are instances where you can be clever and get a good deal, usually from mainland UK rather than Northern Ireland, but we’re really let down by being an island nation. The EU was supposed to stop that kind of thing, but it never did. Ireland often gets overlooked, but the Union has cottoned on somewhat now -…

Indeed. There’d likely be a fair chunk of change on top of that just for being on this side of the border. 

Case in point: this road is outside where I live in Co. Monaghan. And yes, it is the done thing to point at what you’re pissed off about in photos here (in this instance, I’m aping a local councillor who appeared in many news sites pointing at potholes). I’m betting this car-breaker of a pothole is probably deeper…

Yes it is, because it will be filthy again inside an hour. 

I never understood the need, personally. Our roads are fucking terrible. 

*arsehole

He’s a keen angler. 

They don’t cost that in Ireland.