Car Chat with Jane Ryan
Jane Ryan Author Jane Ryan talks to Geraldine Herbert about bad driving habits, road rage and dream passengers Your current car? Volvo XC 60, diesel 142-D. It’s Caspian blue and cream leather, not perhaps the most child-friendly colour combination but I love it and regularly polish the seats, reminding me of my old horse riding days when I’d have to soap saddles! Is a car important to you? Yes, hugely. I’d love to say I use public...
Bitten by the Bug
20 years apart – Colm Jennings with the Beetle he and his father lovingly restored and Colm with the car back in 1997 As the last Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the assembly line this week we talk to Irish owners about their love affair with the iconic car writes Geraldine Herbert “Our 1971 1300 VW Beetle has been in the family since my father and I rescued it from along the banks of the Royal Canal,” says Colm...
What we can learn from Oslo
Geraldine on the virtually car-free streets of Oslo Oslo is close to becoming the world’s first zero-emission capital, so what lessons can Ireland learn from the Norwegians, asks Geraldine Herbert Arild Hermstad, the Transport Mayor of Oslo, Europe’s Green Capital is a man who believes that Oslo can make a real difference internationally. He has just presented Oslo’s climate strategy that aims to reduce emissions by...
First Drive: Skoda Scala
New Skoda Scala Skoda is thinking big with the new Scala writes Geraldine Herbert What is it? As the long school year comes to an end the Skoda Rapid’s end of term report would probably say “a hard-working student, capable but not exceptional”. The Rapid was Skoda’s simple no compromise budget hatchback that was neither rapid nor stylish and found few homes in Ireland. Now in a bid for success in the family...
Passing the Driving test with Chronic Dyslexia
Dyslexia affects about 8% to 10% of the population, this month Ladybird Driving School look at some of the challenges a person with dyslexia faces when learning to drive Throughout each year pupils present to our driving school with a range of conditions and we have taught and passed pupils with Polio, Parkinson’s, Prosthetic limbs, profoundly deaf, Dyslexia and many more conditions. Patrick was diagnosed late in his teens with...
On the bike one year on….
Lara Platman took her Direct Access Motorcycle with Honda Motorcycles and wrote to tell Wheels for Women how she got on, she returns to tell us her latest news about her motorcycle exploits… Over a year ago now I took it upon myself to pass a Direct Access motorcycle exam with Honda with their Get On scheme and get on a motorcycle. I thought it would be an excellent way to find a boyfriend if anything. I wrote about it here...
