Independent candidate for Wexford Verona Murphy has said that the Irish government should be insisting that if the French port of Cherbourg is to have a shipping route with Rosslare than security will have to be improved.

Former Fine Gael by-election Verona Murphy is to announce on Tuesday whether she will run as an Independent candidate in Wexford in the upcoming General Election.

Verona Murphy has signalled that she may run as an Independent candidate in Wexford in the general election after being dropped by Fine Gael.

The Taoiseach canvassing alongside a woman who has made the remarks Verona Murphy has gives a certain imprimatur to her, writes Alison O'Connor

Fine Gael do not have a standard vetting system for candidates, the Taoiseach has confirmed.

The newest member of the Seanad has promised to represent farmers who want a new vision for agriculture in Ireland that is in tune with the environment and biodiversity.

Keelings fruit producers have been preparing for Brexit since 2016 but they still expect to face many unknown challenges following a UK-crash out.

Calls are growing for additional funding to be given to Irish ports to improve connectivity to continental Europe following Brexit.

Any attempt to increase duty on diesel in the upcoming budget would cause disproportionate hardship on rural Ireland, groups representing forecourt retail and hauliers have said.

Three adults and five children discovered in a container in Rosslare, Co Wexford, were lucky to have survived such an arduous journey, the Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) said yesterday.

The unique relationship between Ireland and the US will be to the forefront of this year’s Kennedy Summer School when it visits the ancestral home of JFK.

Road hauliers say they want cyclists to be subject to penalty points.

Ireland is heading for Brexit “disaster” as Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s desired special deal between the Republic and the North is not legally possible, it has been claimed.

Urgent Government action is needed to tackle rising insurance costs or risk significant job losses in the transport industry.

M50 toll charges could go up to €3.20 per journey if the EU gets its way.

Motor tax on commercial vehicles is to be slashed — with tax on the largest vehicles cut from €5,195 to €900.

The Irish Road Haulage Association says the Calais migrant crisis is having a detrimental affect on exports.

The Irish Road Haulage Association is criticising the Irish government for not taking the lead in relaxing rules relating to hauliers and truck drivers, in light of the Calais migrant crisis.

IRISH truck drivers operating on the Continent are facing dual threats as Europe’s migrant crisis escalates.

The Irish Road Haulage Association is calling on the Government to take action, following yesterday's chaos at Calais port in France.

The Government has been accused of trying to make employers responsible for drink and drug testing drivers because under-resourced gardaí are struggling to do the job.

Employers are to be made responsible for drink and drug testing staff who drive for them under tough new laws being drawn up.

Truckers have called off the threat of a further protest after they were granted a meeting to air their grievances on the rate of road tax they pay.

Traffic delays are still affecting the capital this morning after truck drivers blockaded Dublin Port.

A truck drivers’ protest which has caused serious disruption to Dublin traffic this morning has come to an end.

Truck drivers are blocking more than 300 lorries from leaving Dublin Port in a protest over the Budget.

The Government is considering legislation which would force employers to conduct sobriety tests on their drivers.

A dispute over haulage rates between Roadstone Wood Ltd and sub-contract hauliers working for the company has escalated.

Eighteen sub-contract hauliers working for Roadstone Wood Ltd, in Kerry, have withdrawn their services in a dispute over haulage rates and their action may have national implications.

Irish authorities have barely policed the cabotage legislation which has resulted in haulage contracts worth millions of euro being illegally awarded to foreign haulage firms who pay no taxes in Ireland.

The president of the Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) has called on the State to enforce the law against some foreign hauliers who are operating illegally in Ireland.

Sacked haulage workers at tax debt-ridden company Target Express claim they have been told that a €154,000 pot to pay unpaid wages has been frozen by the Revenue Commissioners.

The surge in fuel prices which saw the average cost of a litre of diesel top €1.60 is likely to represent a tipping point for many road users, especially in the haulage industry.

Sacked haulage firm workers are staging a sit-in after one of the country’s largest companies stopped trading with the loss of nearly 400 jobs.

Sacked haulage firm workers are staging a sit-in after one of the country’s largest companies ceased trading with the loss of nearly 400 jobs.

The Irish Road Haulage Association is relatively confident it can secure a fuel tax rebate from the Department of Finance in order to combat the use of illegal fuel and inflation.

The Government earned over €2 billion last year in excise duty on fuel alone, accounting for nearly 30% of all of the money spent on fuel in Ireland last year.