Photographer and historian Bill Power from Mitchelstown was travelling on the Fermoy to Cork stretch of the M8 motorway when a golf ball almost went through his windscreen.

A car has burst into flames on the M8 Dublin/Cork road.

A collision yesterday on the main Dublin-Cork route was the third fatal incident in the last three years to involve an elderly motorist driving the wrong way on motorways in Cork.

A serious crash has taken place on the M8 near Rathcormac, Cork.

Tired drivers hoping for a much-needed pitstop at motorway service stations in Cork will have to hang on longer as An Bord Pleanála has shot down the first two applications for such facilities.