Hosted by Mark Noble and Paddy Comyn · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 36 episodes
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Driver's Republic Podcast covers all the latest motoring news from Ireland and beyond. New models, international car launches and all you need to know about the fast changing world of cars and mobility. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mark Noble and Paddy Comyn hosts Driver's Republic Podcast, a leisure show with 36 episodes published.
We went straight to the top to get all the latest details on the new fully electric vehicle grants from the man who has been charged with spearheading it - Minister For Transport, Darragh O'Brien. Why 13 years? Why not u
Mark has decided to see how hard it is to pass a driver theory test 20 year+ after he last did his driving test. Paddy has more cars that should be on your radar if you're considering the new €8,500 grants. Is the Tesla
With new EV grants announced earlier today, Paddy takes us through what it means for motorists. We've also test driven the new Cupra Raval, Honda Prelude and even been to Slane Castle to check out the new Jeep Compass. I
We discuss lots on this one! Paddy has been crunching the numbers when it comes to drink driving breath tests and the numbers are well... sobering. Skoda have finally released the Epiq with prices detailed in this episod
Busy one this week... (yes we say that regularly but it's true)! Mark has been to China for a week with BYD and tells us all about it. Paddy has a big birthday coming up, will he sell his VW eUp! as a present to himself?
We're back after a little break and we have a LOT to catch up on including the new Mercedes GLB, Skoda Peaq, Kia PV5 and the True Volkswagen presentation in Hamburg. Why Mark is a little nervous ahead of his first trip t
A busy one for car launches this week with MG S6, BYD Seal, Polestar 5 and the dynamic drive in Spain of the new Mazda CX-5 which Mark travelled to. Just who is behind the "Mind The Gap" voice on trains in Ireland? Paddy
We talk about the new Kia PV5, Tesla have made the Model Y go even further for less and VW's ID.Promise initiative is explained. Financial advisor Paddy Delaney from the incredibly successful podcast 'Informed Decisions'
Lots of new cars on the pods this week, Skoda Fabia 130, Golf GTI Edition 50, Volvo ES and the XPeng G6 facelift. Matthew Caffrey from the long established Gerry Caffrey Motors in Terenure in Dublin joins us to chat abou
Kevin McPartlan, CEO of Fuels For Ireland is our guest this week. He talks about how much fuel Ireland has before we run out, why prices work the way they do and if there's anything we can do about it. Mark has been to t
Kia have launched the EV5 and their Irish MD Ronan Flood brings us through a record year for Kia in Ireland. Paddy wants to ask Mark a few things about Christmas FM, including why a particular song is high up on the play
Nils Hesse, BMW's Vice President for Product Sustainability chats to us at the K-Club for the recent Irish launch of the BMW iX3. Paddy has lots of interesting stats when it comes to new EV sales in Ireland, in particula
Paddy has been range testing the Leapmotor T03 and isn't sure if the tyres are up to the job! Skoda Ireland get a little hot and bothered with a limited Fabia model. Mark has been tyre kicking some Audi Quattros, Clio V6
It's a busy one this week! Paddy has been shoving his mic into faces again, chatting to Aidan Timmons from Toyota Ireland about 4 new models for Ireland and he also sits down with the gaffer at VW Group Ireland, Pierre B
This week, Paddy's loveable eUp has caused him some issues - find out more inside. With Budget '26 announced, we look at what is in it for motorists and just how much money do the Irish government take on every litre of
DoneDeal Cars have released their latest Price Index which gives good insight into the current state of used car prices in Ireland with an emphasis on used EV prices. Could they finally be stabilising? Another hot hatch
Sad news this week as the man behind the Mazda MX-5, Tom Matano passes away. Paddy has had a good experience with the Ford Puma Gen-E this week doing his usual Dublin-Cork-Dublin road trip. Should a dealer ever be bringi
In the latest episode, we chat about the sad passing of Tsutomu Matano, creator of the Mazda MX-5. Paddy has been doing his weekly Dublin Cork Dublin trip in the new Ford Puma Gen-E - find out how he got on. In Mark's la
In DRP this week, Mark has been driving the new Volvo EX90, what did he think of it? Paddy can't help his commute from Dublin to Cork but he attempts it in a Citroen eC3 - how many times did he have to stop to charge?! C
Paddy and Mark have been to IAA in Munich where they discuss an array of cars from Volkswagen, Hyundai, XPeng, Leapmotor, BMW, BYD and many, many more. We have a number of guests from the event too but most notably VW's
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