According to scientists your car could in fact be dirtier than your toilet seat. The car boot had the most bacteria, followed by the driver's seat, the gearstick and the back seat.

Dr Orla Cahill, microbiologist at TU Dublin joined Kieran to see really how dirty our surfaces are...

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