Car sales across the Shannonside Northern Sound region are recovering following a downturn in the last two years.
According to the The Society of the Irish Motor Industry 3,958 new vehicles were registered locally, up 514 from last year, a figure still lower than the market average in 2019.
The largest number of new vehicles registered locally was in Cavan where 1,177 new cars were registered, up 13 percent from 2020s figure.
That's followed by Roscommon, where an 18 percent increase on last year's registrations was recorded following the purchase of 993 vehicles.
New registrations in Monaghan also saw a substantial jump on 2020, with a 12 percent increase in registrations, bringing the annual total for the county to 881.
County Longford had the highest local increase year on year, with new car sales and registrations jumping over 15 percent yo 517.
Meanwhile, Leitrim was the only county in the country to record a further drop in sales on last years levels, 390 new cars registered across the year.
Director General of SIMI, Brian Cooke says the sales of electric vehicles doubled last year with an increase also expected in 2022.
