The operator of the tolled €810 million Limerick tunnel recorded a €5m pre-tax loss in its first full year of operation last year.

THE operator of the tolled €283 million Rathcormac- Fermoy bypass in Co Cork had a 79% increase in pre-tax profits last year to €961,228.

THE private operator of the tolled €295 million Rathcormac to Fermoy bypass in County Cork had a 40% increase in operating profits, to €7.6 million, last year.

A NEW highway tunnel under the river Shannon, opened by the Taoiseach Brian Cowen yesterday, is being projected as catalyst for the delivery of major economic, environmental and commercial benefits to the mid-west and the wider Atlantic Corridor stretching from Kerry to Donegal.

HUNDREDS are expected to venture into one of the largest river tunnels ever built in this country — without going underground.

THE National Roads Authority will today assure concerned residents that safeguards will be put in place to counter motorists escaping a new toll bridge on the main Cork-Dublin road.