Ireland is on target to have its worst year since 2008 for cyclist deaths and there is no legal requirement for cyclists to wear a helmet and no Government appetite to change the law, writes Brian McDonald.

MORE than 27,000 transition year students across the country will be able to study a new road safety programme from next September as part of the Government’s Road Safety Strategy.

THE Government has delayed the introduction of random breath testing for two years due to its close links with publicans, opposition TDs said today.

PUBLIC unease over the mounting carnage on Ireland’s roads will be heightened by Opposition claims that the Government is delaying the introduction of random breath testing for two years because of its close links with publicans.