IARNRÓD ÉIREANN has threatened two teenagers with a criminal conviction for fare evasion after a “mistake” over student travel cards.

Public transport fares are set to increase and there will be a reduction in services, according to the Transport Minister Leo Vardakar.

The West of Ireland was back on track today with the reopening of a rail line almost 34 years after the last scheduled passenger train.

THE Government has been slammed for getting Iarnród Éireann a five-year exemption from new EU rules which give passengers compensation for late trains and lost luggage, better rights for disabled passengers and recourse to an independent complaints body.

Concern is being expressed that sufficient contingency plans for rail users may not be in place by tomorrow following the collapse of part of the Belfast to Dublin train line.

A hero train driver tonight revealed his terror after averting a major catastrophe when a railway viaduct on one of Ireland’s busiest lines collapsed into the sea.

NEW train carriages introduced on the Cork to Dublin line just three years ago will have to be modified because they shake, vibrate and rock too much.

Controversial park-and-ride charges at nine commuter train stations come into effect from tomorrow.

IARNRÓD ÉIREANN has been accused of failing passengers after admitting journey times have got longer despite billions of euro being spent on the railways.

IARNRÓD ÉIREANN last night demanded drivers end their wildcat industrial action after an Easter of railway chaos left hundreds of passengers stranded.

HUNDREDS of rail passengers suffered hours of delays after Iarnród Éireann axed more than a dozen services in and out of Dublin over Easter.

A NEWLY opened, all-Irish secondary school in Limerick will be one of the first in the country to offer the Irish language version of the Microsoft Windows and Office from early next year.