New car sales are up 16 per cent so far this year, with 67,018 new registered cars on our roads up to the end of April.

Ricky Hill is Monta's country manager for Ireland and the Netherlands

Electric car sales set a record monthly total with 3,682 registrations

There is also a new apartment charging grant, aimed to make it easier for people who live in apartments and multi-unit dwellings to charge electric cars.

Sales of EVs are almost double what they were this time last year