The 39 migrants found dead in the back of a lorry in England are believed to be Vietnamese nationals, Essex police has said.

Dozens of damages claims brought by Irish hauliers against Europe's biggest truck manufacturers over allegedly engaging in anti-competitive practices will most likely be heard next year.

The President of the Irish Road Haulage Association, Verona Murphy, has claimed it is outrageous that politicians are making policies on carbon tax when they do not know enough on the subject.

A rural community has appealed to the developers of a nearby 38-turbine windfarm to reconsider plans to drive up to 55 lorry loads of concrete a day through the heart of a village, where children are being collected from pre-school.

Eleven people have been found in the back of a lorry, police said.

Detectives suspect the carnage inflicted could have been even worse if Khuram Butt had not failed to secure the vehicle because his payment did not go through.

One-hundred-and-eleven asylum seekers were discovered hidden in the back of a lorry by border police in Romania.

Gardai are appealing for witnesses to a crash in which a female cyclist died after being struck by a lorry in Dublin.

A lorry which caught fire in the UK, closing the M6, was carrying a cargo of sports drink powder.

A lorry driver has been jailed for killing two grandparents when he ploughed into a queue of traffic at more than 50mph.

The driver of a bin lorry which crashed in Glasgow killing six people has admitted culpable and reckless driving on a separate occasion just nine months after the tragedy.

A lorry driver has appeared in court accused of causing more than £1.5m (€1.75m) of damage following the collapse of a motorway bridge on the M20 during last August's bank holiday weekend.

A lorry has plunged off a bridge in England before bursting into flames on to a busy road below.

A man in his twenties has been charged at Monaghan District Court in relation to the theft of an ATM in Newry, County Down, yesterday.

At least one person has been killed after a train hit a lorry at a crossing in southern Germany.

One lane of the M1 southbound has been reopened after a truck fire blocked the motorway this morning.

A man in his 20s has died in a crash in Co Westmeath.

A lorry carrying 20 migrants attempting to enter the UK, including two believed to be children, has been intercepted, the UK Home Office said.

Austria said 71 refugees including a baby girl were found dead in an abandoned freezer truck, while Libya recovered the bodies of 82 migrants washed ashore after their overcrowded boat sank on its way to Europe and scores more were feared dead.

A Fine Gael MEP has said Ireland has not taken in the number of refugees we should have.

A fatal accident inquiry into the Glasgow bin lorry crash which left six people dead just before Christmas has heard the driver would carry what happened with him for the rest of his days as it closed.