Home-building activity in Dublin and Cork accounted for almost 40% of all new residential units under construction in December.

More than 50 incidents on Irish railways including nine fatalities were examined by inspectors from the Railway Accident Investigation Unit (RAIU) last year.

Numbers using public transport in Cork are growing at a faster pace than anywhere else in the country.

Luas passengers are being told to expect delays along the Green Line this evening.

Parts of the Luas Green Line in Dublin have been rerouted after a medical emergency on a tram.

Luas green line services are only operating between Bridesglen and Balally and from Broombridge to St. Stephens Green due to an incident.

A new Dublin train station is coming down the track for commuters.

Those heading to the capital today for the parade or to attend the All-Ireland club finals in Croke Park should make allowances for traffic and transport disruptions arising from today’s parade when travelling to Dublin.

Heavy snow and treacherous driving conditions have already caused travel chaos nationwide — with the worst of the weather yet to hit the country.

Retail spending in Dublin’s city centre could collapse if planned new traffic restrictions are introduced. The Irish Parking Association has warned that city centre businesses face a 24% drop in revenue, if plans to ban traffic from key routes go ahead.

The contract has been signed for the start of the new Luas Cross City line.

The Transport Minister Leo Varadkar will sign the first contracts for work on the new Luas Cross-City line in Dublin today.

Almost 30 million passenger journeys were made on the Luas last year, figures show.

Work on constructing an extension to the LUAS line in Dublin is to begin next May.

The link-up of the red and green LUAS lines in Dublin has been approved by An Bord Pleanála.

A Dublin man has been jailed for four years for his role in a €300,000 robbery on Permanent TSB.

A Dublin man involved in a €300,000 robbery on Permanent TSB has been described in court as something of a comical figure.

ONLY one of three major rail projects planned under Transport 21 is likely to go ahead during the term of the current Government due to a lack of funding.

A man was charged in court this morning in connection with a so-called tiger robbery in Dublin last week where more than €300,000 was withdrawn by a bank employee whose partner had been kidnapped.

IARNRÓD Éireann’s corporate communications manager Barry Kenny, in his lambasting of economist Dr Seán Barrett (Irish Examiner letters, January 1), writes that “this country still suffers from an infrastructural deficit”, and by this he meant rail and bus infrastructure. I agree.