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Fermoy suffers as motorists avoid toll road

Public representatives are seeking an urgent meeting with a toll company which manages a section of the M8 in an effort to ease traffic gridlock in a provincial town off the motorway linking Cork and Dublin.

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BMW supports drive to double number of plug-in cars on roads

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Package of pay perks tailored to double electric car usage

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Toll operator sees profits rise despite fall in revenue

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Vehicles using Limerick Tunnel overcharged

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Completion of tunnel sees 30 jobs come to end

Limerick tunnel hits six-month vehicle target on first day

OVER 20,000 vehicles used the new Limerick tunnel, under the Shannon, in the first 24 hours after its official opening.

Thu, 29 Jul, 2010

Shannon tunnel to save half-hour travel time after Tuesday opening

LIMERICK’S new €660 million tunnel will be a winner for many race-goers who are Galway-bound next week.

Wed, 21 Jul, 2010

We’re not delaying Shannon tunnel opening for ministers, says company

THE company that will run the new road tunnel under the Shannon near Limerick city denied yesterday that the opening has been delayed to facilitate the presence of government ministers.

Sat, 17 Jul, 2010

Green light for Shannon road tunnel expected by weekend

TALKS involving the National Roads Authority (NRA) in Limerick today are likely to give the green light for the opening later this week of the €660 million road tunnel under the river Shannon.

Tue, 13 Jul, 2010

Ruby in full flow as Taranis plan comes off for Nicholls

LITTLE went right for Ruby Walsh on the opening day of the Festival, but he’s in full flow now.

Fri, 16 Mar, 2007

Council aims to break toll road deadlock

CORK County Council is attempting to broker a deal between hauliers and the operators of a newly opened toll road after talks between the two sides broke down.

Tue, 09 Jan, 2007

6,000 motorists boycott €200m toll road

UP to 6,000 motorists who were expected to use the new Fermoy bypass in Co Cork every day are instead pouring through Watergrasshill, Rathcormac and Fermoy.

Fri, 05 Jan, 2007

Hauliers may block motorway in toll charge protest

A BLOCKADE of a new €200 million motorway may be mounted by truck drivers furious over toll charges.

Fri, 29 Dec, 2006

Sod turned on €570m Shannon tunnel

TRANSPORT Minister Martin Cullen turned the first sod yesterday on a tunnel highway which will run under the River Shannon near Limerick, opening up a new western transport corridor.

Fri, 27 Oct, 2006

Cullen to turn first sod on €370m Shannon tunnel road project

THE first sod on a road tunnel under the Shannon — the biggest engineering project ever undertaken in the mid-west — will be turned in Limerick today by Transport Minister Martin Cullen.

Thu, 26 Oct, 2006

SIAC, Cintra scoop €600m road deal

SIAC Construction and Spanish infrastructure giant Cintra have landed the €600 million contract to build the controversial M3 motorway linking Dublin with the Meath towns of Navan and Kells, the National Roads Authority said yesterday.

Wed, 10 Aug, 2005

Monster bridge is halfway there

WHEN finished it will weigh an astonishing 29,000 tonnes and at 450 metres will be the longest bridge of its type ever built in Ireland.

Fri, 22 Jul, 2005

County Hall issues farmers with CPOs for €150m bypass

A TOTAL of 126 farmers have been notified of Cork County Council’s intention to buy their land for a tolled €150 million super highway, which could be built by a company heavily involved in the reconstruction of Iraq.

Wed, 11 Jun, 2003