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Public meeting in Sligo tonight on rising insurance premiums

Harry Keaney -
Public meeting in Sligo tonight on rising insurance premiums

A Sligo councillor says private motorists are not the only people hit by sky-rocketing motor insurance premiums.

People Before Profit Councillor Gino O Boyle says some bus and taxi companies and those using vehicles for their work and businesses have seen premium increases of five to six hundred per cent.

Cllr O Boyle was speaking ahead of a public meeting tonight on the issue in the Sligo City Hotel at 8 o clock.

He says a Bill is currently going through the Dail proposing a cap on premiums.

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But he is also calling for a longer-term State solution:

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Harry Keaney -