Grant for electric cars to be cut from July

The maximum private vehicle electric car grant is set to be reduced to €3,500 on July 1 next. The current maximum grant is €5,000.

Administered by the Sustainable Authority of Ireland, the EV grant has been in operation since 2011 and has supported the purchase of over 40,000 electric vehicles since then.

Almost €200m in funding has been granted for the purchase of privately owned EVs over the past 12 years.

Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland (ZEVI), an office within the Department of Trans- port, said that many other elements of the EV grant system remain unchanged. Vehicle incentives for business stay the same and SEAI will continue to administer the commercially bought EVs and large panel vans grants at current levels.

The small public service vehicles grant for taxi and hackney drivers administered by the NTA was renewed in February, while the Alternatively Fuelled Heavy Duty Ve- hicle Purchase Grant Scheme, managed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, has also remained unchanged. same way.

Ignoring the impact of luck means we convince ourselves that we made the wrong decisions when in reality, the decision was correct; we were just unlucky, or vice versa.

Imagine you have a trick coin that is heavier on one side, so it comes up 'heads' 90% of the time. If you place a bet with someone and the coin comes up with 'tails', was that a bad bet? No, you were just 'unlucky'. Every decision is based on probability, but the probability won't always work in your favour.

A 90% chance you will win is still a 10% chance you will lose. Losing doesn't automatically make it a bad decision.

Focus On The Process

When investing, we need to focus on the decision-making process, not the outcome. You want to select the options with the highest likelihood of a positive result. But even if you do this, you can still lose. Not every investment will be a winner.

But if you keep making well-thought-out decisions based on a process that is true to your criteria, these decisions will compound and work in your favour over time. To get my latest 10 stock recommendations, simply sign up to my newsletter by scanning the QR code.

Earlier this month, the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee was told that there were 77,000 electric or plug-in hybrids on the road at the end of last year. Declan Meally, director of transport at SEAI, said the trajectory is there to reach a target of 175,000 by the end of 2025. From an insurance perspective, EVs are quoted by all the major insurance markets. John

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TRADITIONAL

Concertina

Accordion - Melodeon Fiddle - Banjo - Mandolin

Singing - Traditional, Ballad & Folk

- Uilleann Pipes

Irish Flute

Tin Whistle

Traditional Piano (Accompaniment)

Traditional Guitar - Bodhrán Pre-Instrumental – Fun musical introduction (ages 3-6) for Children ages 5-6 yrs

PERFORMANCE

Stageworks: Performance preparation class