The number of electric cars sold in the Shannonside region has almost doubled this year.
A total of 196 were registered in Leitrim, Longford and Roscommon between January and March - up from 94 in the same period last year.
The biggest increase was in Roscommon, where they went from 45 to 110.
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The Green Party's Leslie O'Hora, from Carrick-on-Shannon, says it's very positive:
