Alan Johnston: Military Man to Master Mechanic

Unless you were lucky enough to be one of the 84,309 people who licensed a brand-spanking-new Irish car in 2020, then you [like the rest of us] might find yourself needing to take your older vroom-vroom to an auto repair garage in the very near future. Fortunately, generations of drivers across this land have had a love affair with the automobile, so there is no shortage of independently owned garages vying for your attention and promising to treat your prized four-wheeled possession as if it was their own.