insurance in ireland is a joke,im 23 goin on 24 with 5 years no claims bonus,an i found it almost impossible to get insured an my type-R , some companies did not have the car in there listings an there for could not insure me what a joke, everyone else told me that they dont insure jap imports , but yet had a glanza turbo insured with the same company , they told me a had to be 25 with a full licence to insure the type-R , i dont get it and no way would they give in after numorous aruguments with them , i switched companies , and eventually found one ,this was after after 4 or 5 days of phone call after phone call in or around 10-13 companies , some pain in the ass ,,,, but worth it as it was a type-R ha ------ jus makin the point that insurance in ireland is a joke