When the NRA noted last October that traffic levels on Ireland’s roads had returned to pre-recession levels, that was no surprise to anyone who regularly uses those roads.

Things might have been tough globally for the last five years, but that didn’t stop the key motor manufacturers from continuing with their vehicles development. It’s not easy to stop work on a new or major revision programme for cars and vans, which can be in train over several years.

Investigations are continuing in Co. Cavan into a bank robbery which occurred in Kingscourt yesterday evening.