The number of cars sold last month was down 35 per cent on the same period last year.
But new car sales for the year to date are up 10 per cent compared to this time last year.
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71 per cent of all new cars sold were diesel.
Alan Nolan from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry says the figures show that scrappage was a major help to boosting car sales.
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