Twenty-eight other motorists were fined a total of €266,000.

Padraig Barrett, the council’s director of roads, said as a result the council wasn’t in a position to carry out as many safety improvements as it wanted.

Transparency International Ireland the Irish Chapter of the worldwide movement against corruption scored Kerry and Westmeath joint last, with two councils in Dublin, Fingal and South Dublin, scoring highest.

The Dunkettle Live App will make it easier for motorists to plan their journeys in the area, especially when construction of the Dunkettle/Jack Lynch Tunnel upgrade gets underway.

Ambulances are called to accidents on the Cork-Limerick road roughly once every week on average, according to HSE figures.

It could take another year to award a new construction contract for the major upgrade works at the Dunkettle Interchange.

Construction industry experts have slammed the poor delivery of major public infrastructure in the southern region.

The Tánaiste has insisted that everything possible is being done to deliver the multi-million Dunkettle interchange upgrade as quickly as possible.

The Government has been accused of failing to deliver key infrastructure projects to the south of the country as the long-awaited €100m upgrade of the Dunkettle interchange has been stalled again due to spiralling costs.

The Dunkettle Interchange has been pushed back by one year as Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and Sisk fail to agree on the forecast of costs.

The contract for the Dunkettle Interchange at the outskirts of Cork City will not be awarded at any cost, and the project could face delays of up to 18 months, Transport Infrastructure Ireland has warned.

Someone will end up “skewered” in a horrific accident unless repair work is carried out on “lethal” damage to wire barriers used to separate traffic on motorways and bypasses, it has been warned.

A sharp drop in payments by state agency Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) to the firm operating the €800m Limerick tunnel contributed to a 26% drop in the company’s operating profits to €6.36m last year.

Twenty motorists accused of dodging M50 tolls were hit with fines totalling €212,000 today after they failed to turn up to court.

A significant upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange was first announced in 2011. Cost overruns to the €100m project, revealed by this paper last week, could seeit delayed by up to 18 months, which would mean the entire process will have taken more than a decade. Joe Leogue looks back at the long-awaited plan.

Any delays to the €100m upgrade of the Dunkettle interchange will have “disastrous consequences” for Cork’s growth and have knock-on effects for key infrastructural and housing projects.

The credibility of the Government, elected or permanent, around major projects is not beyond question.

Supermac’s owner, Pat McDonagh, has secured planning permission for a new €10m motorway services plaza on the M7 near Portlaoise, despite claims it will lead to the creation of two rival operations within 150 metres of each other.

A legal challenge by 23 South Dublin residents against a decision to grant planning permission for the redevelopment of a building near their homes has been admitted to the fast-track commercial court list.

One was accused of not paying tolls for more than 500 trips and was allegedly sent almost 2,000 letters demanding payment.

Twenty-three residents of Dartmouth Square in Ranelagh, Dublin, claim "enabling works" for the city's proposed underground Metro - which will affect their properties - have been approved without going through proper planning procedures.

Connemara’s first Green Party councillor Alastair McKinstry believes the Government should abandon the €600m ring road project for Galway in favour of upgrading public transport.

Villagers are seeking local authority intervention at a high-risk traffic accident spot on an inter-city route.

There was a drop in the number of collisions on Cork’s South Ring Road last year, despite a large rise in traffic levels.

The most senior roads engineer in Co Cork doubts there will be any change in the route previously chosen for the Cork-Limerick motorway (M20), despite consultants being paid €15m to revisit it.

Ten motorists accused of dodging M50 tolls were hit with fines totalling almost €100,000 today.

The National Transport Authority (NTA) and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) have confirmed that the preferred route for Dublin’s Metro will only extend southbound as far as Charlemont.

Cork County Council engineers have urged Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) to provide improved on-road and off-road warning signs at a notoriously dangerous crossroads, in advance of major works to make it safer.

A lobby group has said building a direct motorway link between Cork and Limerick is a major waste of taxpayers' money, because there is another one planned which will link the two cities.

Cork County Council members are questioning the cost of a new design for the proposed Cork-Limerick motorway and the likely delay in securing planning, again, for the M20 route.

A €15m contract has been awarded for the design stage of the 100km Cork-Limerick motorway. However, it is unlikely that the planned €900m M20 will be completed before 2027.

Plans for more than 1,400 new homes in east Cork were turned down due to infrastructure deficits.

Talks are taking place between Cork County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) in an effort speed up roadworks in one of the country's industrial hubs, after claims they're causing major traffic gridlock.