The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has sought an urgent meeting with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris after stating it is “very concerned” restructuring of his force will reduce the focus on operations designed to ensure the country’s roads are as safe as possible.

Shares in the big two Irish banks and a handful of property shares played catch-up with the global market slump to post falls, taking stock of the fading hopes of a deal that would avoid Britain crashing out of the EU at the end of October.

The National Transport Authority (NTA) and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) have confirmed that the preferred route for Dublin’s Metro will only extend southbound as far as Charlemont.

A fast-tracked housing project for Dublin which was due to begin construction in 2017 now faces a three-year delay.

The west of Ireland and Ulster counties have considerably more vacant shops, offices and factories than Dublin and the rest of Leinster, a survey of properties nationwide has shown.

The National Planning Framework focuses on Dublin to the detriment of the regions. This wasn’t how it was supposed to be, says the ex-minister who initiated it, Alan Kelly.

Dublin Chamber says any delay to Metro North will cost the city jobs and investment.

We have to admit, we don’t hate it.

Nearly two thirds of people living in Dublin think cash will be redundant in 2050.

A plan for a new urban quarter, that could deliver 500 homes, has been unveiled for the iconic Guinness St James’ Gate site.

A new direct route between Dublin and Hong Kong will “dramatically” strengthen an already burgeoning business relationship between Ireland and Asia, according to business and political figures.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe says a mid-term capital spending review will identify the best ways to spend an additional €4.1bn earmarked on transport, education and housing in the coming years.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe says a mid-term capital spending review will identify the best ways to spend an additional €4.1bn earmarked on transport, education and housing in the coming years.

Luas drivers testing the new cross city line in Dublin are being blocked by cars and delivery vans.

A Republican sits in the White House, a female prime minister leads the Tories into a UK election, and U2 take to the stage in Croke Park to play hits from their fifth album The Joshua Tree.

Irish firms looking to expand their horizons after Brexit received a boost with the pledge that the Chinese are ready to do serious business.

Property developer Johnny Ronan’s planned “iconic” 22-storey Aqua Vetro tower will have an adverse and detrimental effect on the character and integrity of key buildings and architecturally-sensitive locations in Dublin, according to one objector to the plans.

The Scottish First Minister will be the keynote speaker at this year’s annual Dublin Chamber dinner, the latest in a long line of high profile guests, writes Pádraig Hoare of the Irish Examiner.

Significant investment is needed in public transport and infrastructure in Dublin and Cork city centres if they are to keep up with increasing development and passenger numbers, according to the cities’ chambers of commerce.

Dublin businesses have called on the Government to treble its spending on infrastructure.

The introduction of a tax credit for entrepreneurs was welcomed in the wake of the budget as a first step in putting the self-employed on an equal tax footing as PAYE workers. 

Budget 2016 has been labelled a missed opportunity for the Government to support entrepreneurs despite general approval for specific changes on capital gains tax (CGT).

A targeted tax credit for firms employing fewer than 10 people could create 80,000 new jobs at no net cost to the exchequer and reduce the current unemployment rate to 6%.

Visiting fans spent €11.5m in Dublin while attending the Ireland versus England rugby match in March — €2.2m of which went on drink.

The Government says its scheme to help entrepreneurs recover up to 41% of their start-up costs by way of refunds on previous income tax bills will encourage many more people to set up in business and create jobs.

Dublin city centre office rents experienced the sharpest contraction during the economic crash but are recovering at a faster pace than anywhere else in the capital, a report indicates.

Dublin and the surrounding region will need enough extra water to fill 330 Olympic-sized swimming pools every day on top of its existing supply to meet demand by 2050, Irish Water has warned.

IDA Ireland is targeting another 80,000 jobs, to be created by overseas multinationals, between now and 2020; forming a boost to inward foreign direct investment of over 40% during the five-year period.

As the Bewleys/Moran hotel chain offers to fully refund all pre-paid rooms booked for the Garth Brooks concert, there have been calls for Ticketmaster to refund fans’ booking fees as well as the ticket price.

A new strategy to increase the number of tourists visiting Dublin by 60% by 2020, almost doubling tourism revenue to €2.5bn, is welcome, according to the Dublin Chamber of Commerce.

Dublin Chamber of Commerce wants to raise the issue of aggressive begging with the Lord Mayor.

Dublin is now the 34th most expensive city in the world.

Dublin Chamber of Commerce has welcomed a decision by Dublin City Council to reduce commercial rates for 2013.

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

The centralisation of DIT’s Grangegorman campus will strengthen Dublin’s brand as a global centre for higher education, according to Dublin Chamber of Commerce.

Four out of five companies in Dublin have reported that their level of business has either increased or remained stable over the past three months, according a new survey.

The Dublin Port Company is to invest €110m in enhancing the country’s largest port over the next five years.

WITH just 13 shopping days before Christmas, there has been an unexpected rise in people buying “big value” goods as they try to dodge the 2% VAT hike due in January.

THE upcoming VAT hike will damage the economy and drive consumers to the North, business groups warned, as leaked documents show where the axe will fall in the budget.