Visit www.mywheels.ie and avail of a free car history check.  The following will be checked on this site:

Year

Style

Number of Seats

Engine

Fuel type

Colour

Motor tax class

Chassis number

Engine number

If the car was written off

Scrapped

Previously been a taxi/ hackey

number of owners

Changed chassis

Changed engine

Changed colour

NCT due date

Tax expiry date