After a record start to the year, growth in new car sales slowed sharply in February, according to the Central Statistics Office.
26,521 new cars were licensed in February, up just 0.6% on the same month last year. For the first two months of 2007, the new cars figure was 55,817, up almost 10% on the same period last year.
The number of second-hand cars licensed in February was up 11% on February last year.
