IBEC has called on the Government to fast-track plans for an eastern bypass of Dublin, connecting Dublin Port to the southern end of the M50, following the publication of a poll which finds growing public support for the project.

Dublin City Council is playing down the leaks that have been discovered in Dublin Port Tunnel.

SENIOR business leaders have called on the Government to press ahead with plans for a controversial eastern bypass to complete the M50 ring motorway around Dublin.

Planning regulations will have to be reformed if the Government’s new transport plan is to be successful, business leaders claimed today.

THE introduction of lorry road charging in Britain could cost Irish businesses €60 million a year, it was claimed yesterday.

PETROL prices at the pumps are beginning to fall below 99.99 cents per litre as world oil prices fall.

TRAFFIC gridlock is still hurting companies across the country and adding up to 20% to production costs for the average business.

THE Dublin Port Tunnel will not be big enough on its own to solve the problem of access for freight vehicles to the port, employers group IBEC said yesterday.

BUSINESS leaders last night branded a proposal by truckers to put a 2% levy on companies’ profits to fund major infrastructure projects as unworkable .

The employer’s body, IBEC, is calling on the Minister for Transport to immediately launch a new Dublin Regional Authority to sort out traffic management difficulties.

IBEC, the Vintners Association and the grocers’ body RGDATA have joined forces to oppose a new traffic initiative proposed by Dublin Corporation.

The economy is being crippled by traffic congestion, a new report has revealed.

The employer's body, IBEC, says traffic congestion on the nation's roads is costing the economy more than £1.5bn per year.