Show Notes
A busy one for car launches this week with MG S6, BYD Seal, Polestar 5 and the dynamic drive in Spain of the new Mazda CX-5 which Mark travelled to.
Just who is behind the "Mind The Gap" voice on trains in Ireland?
Paddy caught up with Zac Hollis from Polestar at their new showroom in Dublin.
How was the steak at the annual SIMI dinner in Dublin and who won what?
And on a week where DoneDeal Cars launched an integrated Chat GPT app, Paddy caught up with some of the people behind it.
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