THE “closed-shop” system for state board appointments will come to an end this week, according to an Oireachtas committee which will question nominated chairs of transport agencies for suitability.

The president of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Paul Mallee has been appointed the new chairperson on Bus Éireann.

TWO of four new chairpersons appointed to CIÉ and its three subsidiaries nominated themselves for a position under a Government initiative.

THE campaign to reopen the Galway-Limerick train line and the wider development of the western rail corridor has been a long time coming.

On the shortest day of the year motorists are being called on to keep their belts and their lights on.