GALWAY CAR SALES DOWN A THIRD SINCE LAST YEAR

Date Published: 05-Jun-2009

New car sales in Galway are down a third since last year.Latest figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show that last month, 240 new cars were sold in Galway.This compares to 363 during the month of May last year, a drop of 33 percent.SIMI says its seriously concerned over the vulnerability of 50 thousand jobs in the sector over what it claims is a lack of business funding from banks.