The Ashford Motors founder and owner arrived here from Somalia as a refugee with her mother, escaping the war in that country. That’s the conservative estimate.”The mother ship in Ashford is focused on high-end cars while the Rathnew site, called Ashford Approved, is targeted more at the entry-level car buyer. Adan sold that car directly only after a bad experience with a dealership when looking for a trade-in. Earlier this year, she reopened the Rathnew site under the name Ashford Approved. As we’d built such a big platform, we had a big following but we had nothing at the Ashford site in their budget.

Source: The Irish Times March 23, 2026 06:01 UTC