Legislation has been published which allows for the merger of the National Roads Authority and the Railway Procurement Agency.

Kids will not be charged to travel on the LUAS on Good Friday and Easter Monday.

Almost 30 million passenger journeys were made on the Luas last year, figures show.

Work on constructing an extension to the LUAS line in Dublin is to begin next May.

The State has had to write off losses worth tens of million of euro as a result of the collapse or postponement of a number of public-private partnerships (PPP).

The link-up of the red and green LUAS lines in Dublin has been approved by An Bord Pleanála.

MIKE TINDALL has blasted the RFU and accused them of making him a “scapegoat” in a statement released through the Rugby Players Association yesterday.

Mike Tindall today accused the Rugby Football Union of making him a “scapegoat” in a statement released through the Rugby Players Association

MIKE TINDALL was last night reinstated in England’s elite player squad and had a £25,000 fine reduced to £15,000 after an appeal against the punishment meted out for his off-field World Cup behaviour.

The English Rugby Players' Association (RPA) chief executive Damian Hopley today denied that players are motivated by money as the English game reflected on its “darkest day”.

IN THE END, perhaps the only way to rid the English rugby team of the arrogance and self-righteousness that has pervaded their squad since 2003 was with a stick of dynamite planted firmly in the centre of the Twickenham pitch.

The Rugby Football Union have launched an investigation into the leaking of three confidential and damning reports into England’s World Cup campaign.

Lewis Moody today admitted he made mistakes as England captain during the World Cup but insisted he never put commercial gain before his rugby.

The latest extension to Dublin’s transport network has been given a test run by Transport Minister Leo Varadkar.

POLITICAL donations to Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael from one of the country’s biggest property developers totalled €3,700 last year as it posted pre-tax losses of €23.8 million.

Ambitious plans for an underground rail link connecting Dublin city centre to the airport were given the green light today.

A South Dublin couple who lost their High Court claim that they were exposed to very serious and aggravating noise from the LUAS, which runs close to their home will have to pay some of the Attorney General's legal costs.

Sinn Féin and the DUP were at loggerheads today over local government reform only hours before talks to try to resolve the issue.

THE Railway Procurement Agency (RPA), the body in charge of Dublin’s Luas, said it may have to take further action this year to reduce costs as passenger numbers fall.

Drivers jumping red lights in Dublin face being photographed and slapped with a fine under a new scheme cracking down on dangerous driving, it was revealed today.

A couple who claimed they were exposed to very serious and aggravating noise on a daily basis from the LUAS, which runs close to their home South Dublin home, have their lost the High Court action.

THE powers of the National Transport Authority (NTA), which has extensive control over transport providers, are strongly opposed by CIÉ chairman Dr John Lynch who claims the new super authority will increase costs and delay the delivery of key transport projects.

THE private operator of the Luas light rail system in Dublin last year increased the size of its business by 25% to €40 million.

Ireland’s Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) has awarded the infrastructure maintenance contract for Dublin’s light rail system, LUAS, to Alstom after a competitive tender, the company announced today.

The Railway Procurement Agency is reporting after-tax profits of almost €7.5m for last year.

DUBLIN’S metro system could be fully operational by 2015 if planning permission for the e5 billion project is granted this year.

A new all-encompassing education authority is being used as a trojan horse to exert more government control over schools, an Assembly member warned today.

Work began today on extending the Luas from Tallaght to Citywest and Saggart in West Dublin.

Dublin is to host the 2011 UEFA Cup final, it was announced today.

Luas trams are to carry exterior advertising for the first time in a pilot project, it emerged today.

The route of the planned new Luas through west Dublin was unveiled today with tram lines running from Trinity College in the city centre to Lucan.

More than 150 Dublin Bus routes will have to be changed to make way for the construction of the Metro North light-rail system.

TDs and Senators will question the National Roads Authority (NRA) today about recent closures of the Port Tunnel.

Dublin commuters are to be hit with an increase in some Luas fares from today.

The Railway Procurement Agency has formally unveiled two proposed routes for the new LUAS line planned for the west of the city.

The Luas is to be extended into the centre of the Co Wicklow seaside town of Bray, transport chiefs confirmed today.

The €5.6m profit made from the Luas light rail system last year will be reinvested in the transport system, it was announced today.

The preferred route for Dublin’s Metro West will be unveiled later today.

BUSINESSMAN Tom Mulcahy, the chairman-designate of the Dublin Transport Authority (DTA), could get paid up to €74,000 for 62 days’ work.

A QUARTER of Dublin’s iconic St Stephen’s Green will close to the public in 2009 to allow construction work on a new metro system for Dublin.

THE most ambitious public transport project in our history will enjoy a smooth delivery - thanks to the success of the Luas.

AN EXTRA six million passengers travelled on the Luas light rail system over the past year — that’s an increase of 17% on the previous year.

Passenger numbers on both Luas lines in Dublin rose by 17% during 2006.