‘THE BROTHER’ was a comic but credible character created after the Second World War by the great columnist Myles na gCopaleen, kept alive nowadays in a superb one-man show by actor/comedian Eamonn Morrissey.

IRISH hauliers vowed yesterday to fight any future ban on high-sided vehicles on the country’s roads after Transport Minister Martin Cullen said the height of the Dublin Port Tunnel would not be altered for safety reasons and because of time constraints.

THE misery continued for motorists and policymakers yesterday as world oil prices continued their record-breaking rise and a leading industry watchdog warned demand was increasing more quickly than expected.

WITH soaring oil prices adding to already high costs it’s ‘do or die’ time for the Irish transport operators.

An economic crisis is facing Ireland unless the Government addresses the soaring cost of fuel, the Irish Road Haulage Association claimed today.

Road hauliers are to take to the streets of Dublin today in protest at rising fuel prices.

Transport operators have criticised the Finance and Transport Ministers for failing to meet with them to discuss the impending fuel crisis.

LORRY drivers are to stage a mass protest outside the Dáil next week as rising fuel prices reach crisis point.

ONE of the country’s largest transport organisations has demanded an emergency meeting with Transport Minister Seamus Brennan this week amid threats of widespread fuel protests.

Road hauliers want the government to use the EU presidency to lobby for a major change to the world oil market.