People Before Profit fully support the Luas drivers in their fight for fairness through strike action.

Up to 1,500 new jobs were confirmed in a series of investments in the technology and environmental service sectors.

Almost 700 people were prosecuted for dodging fares and using fake travel passes last year.

Dye-stained banknotes stolen during cash-in-transit robberies have been turning up in self-service check-outs, ticket machines and even banks, gardaí have revealed.

Dye-stained banknotes stolen during cash-in-transit robberies have been turning up in self-service check-outs, ticket machines and even banks, gardaí have revealed.

Thefts of metal from the roofs of churches are costing religious congregations dearly according to specialist insurer Ecclesiastical — which indemnifies churches against everything except acts of God.

More than £3bn (€3.75bn) was wiped off Barclays’ market value today as its rate-rigging scandal sent shockwaves throughout the banking sector.

A former company director, who filed fraudulent Vat returns over two years, has been ordered to furnish a court with details of his assets, ahead of a sentencing hearing.

BLACK bus drivers have been urinated on and some foreign nationals working in Dublin are subjected to daily racial taunting, according to a report.

IRISH technology companies are missing out on lucrative opportunities in the transportation sector across western Europe, EU experts in sustainable technology claimed at the European Green Energy Conference in Dublin.

A sixth man was being questioned tonight by counter-terrorism detectives investigating a plot to attack the Pope.

The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign is urging a boycott of Israeli products and services - saying Palestine must not be forgotten.

French company Veolia has pledged to boost profits over the next three to five years, as it aims to cut costs.

WASTE management specialist Greenstar has reached agreement to acquire the Irish-based commercial waste and recycling operations of French company Veolia Environmental Services, for an undisclosed sum. The deal is dependent on Competition Authority approval.

Waste management company, Greenstar, has bought the commercial waste and recycling operations of Veolia Environmental Services in Ireland.

IRISH RAIL and its northern equivalent Translink have lost 60% of their business on the Belfast-Dublin route due to the collapsed bridge at Malahide.

Gardaí investigating Wednesday's incident when a Luas tram and a bus were in collision in Dublin city centre to question Hundreds of pedestrians and motorists, it was revealed tonight.

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.

CHAOS erupted in the capital’s main thoroughfare at just before 3pm yesterday after a Luas tram crashed into the side of a bus.

THREE people – one with possible spinal injuries – remained in a serious condition in hospital last night following a collision between a tram and double decker bus on Dublin’s O’Connell Street.

PHARMACEUTICAL giant Pfizer has launched an investigation into the loss of three potentially harmful solvent containers which fell from a vehicle transporting them for testing.

TWO separate investigations have been launched after a Tallaght man became the first person to die in an incident involving a Luas tram.

PRIVATE companies have installed meters in schools and subsequently billed them for hefty water charges, Independent Senator Joe O’Toole claimed yesterday.

UP TO 10,000 residents of a rural stretch of Monaghan and Cavan are worried about the safety of their water, after it was revealed the supply has been contaminated with a chemical used by the Nazis to kill thousands of prisoners in the concentration camps of the 1940s.

A Limerick-based developer of information systems for the waste industry has acquired a €1.6m investment in the company.

The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is urging the Department of Transport not to renew the contract of the multinational firm that operates the LUAS system in Dublin.

Bid interest in British Gas owner Centrica reared up again today as investors took a punt on the possibility of a takeover move from Russia’s Gazprom.

The FTSE 100 Index moved back above the 5800 barrier today as investors welcomed the latest round of news from the United States over interest rates.

The French owner of 25% of water and sewerage group Southern Water has set about seeking a buyer for its stake, it was reported today.