All electric vehicle subsidies claimed within minutes

All of the electric vehicle subsidies made available by the government were claimed within minutes of applications opening on Tuesday morning.

In total, 260 subsidies with a combined value of €2.5 million were made available to the public to apply for financial assistance to buy electric vehicles, though many would-be applicants were left disappointed after logging onto the government’s portal to find there were no available subsidies left.

Some even said the subsidies had...