Consultants are due to make recommendations within the next two months which locals hope will defuse a row over the suspension of livestock transportation on Ireland’s only cable car.

A Dart driver has been injured after warning detonators in his kit bag blew up while he was in the front cabin.

MORE than 100 railway viaducts have been put through new safety checks since the near catastrophic Malahide bridge collapse last year, transport chiefs have revealed.

Members of the Rail Accident Investigation Unit are due before the Oireachtas Transport Committee this morning to discuss the Malahide viaduct collapse.

TODAY the National Transport Authority (NTA) is scheduled to decide on the application by Iarnród Éireann to withdraw passenger services on the Rosslare-Waterford rail line.

AN official report into the collapse of the railway viaduct at Malahide has found no records to show that Iarnród Éireann staff responsible for track inspections had carried out annual checks on the bridge for scour – the main cause of the bridge’s collapse.

The combination of 13 factors led to the collapse of a viaduct on one of the country’s busiest rail lines, an accident report revealed today.

The Minister for Transport has promised a detailed investigation into what he has described as an “horrific” crash between a bus and a Luas tram on Dublin's O'Connell Street yesterday.

A double-decker bus which was involved in a collision with a tram in Dublin’s city centre had been given a green light, transport chiefs claimed today.

Rail chiefs are on track to re-open one of Ireland’s busiest lines within the coming weeks following the near catastrophic collapse of a bridge into the sea, they said today.

Work to pave the way for the reconstruction of the railway viaduct which collapsed into the sea a week ago began today.

A MAJOR traffic plan is being put in place in north Dublin next week to cater for thousands of rail commuters forced to take to the roads after the collapse of a bridge on the Dublin-Belfast railway line last week.

A MOTORIST narrowly escaped death after an Iarnród Éireann train passed through raised barriers at a notorious railway crossing in Co Roscommon last year, it has emerged.

A NEW deadline of July 27 has been set for the long-awaited opening of the €75 million Cork-Midleton commuter rail service.

OVER a dozen planned public transport projects have been postponed as a result of cutbacks totalling more than €500 million introduced by the Government since last October’s budget.

Calls were made tonight for an emergency contingency plan after thousands of commuters were left stranded when a fright train derailed in north Co Dublin.

CLOSURE of three level crossings and their replacement with a large bridge are planned by Iarnród Eireann under the company’s proposed €139 million new rail network for Cork.

TWO trains, one carrying a number of passengers came close to collision at Kent Station in Cork last month.

The row over decentralisation continues with new figures showing only one-in-six State agency workers want to move.

A RAILWAY commission was launched yesterday with powers to investigate all train accidents in a bid to ensure the safety of the network.

Transport Minister Martin Cullen will launch a new railway safety body today.

THE Railway Safety Commission knew about flaws in the Luas tram lines before giving approval to open the service to passengers in the summer of 2004.