A prominent independent retailer in Co Cork is to close down after nearly six decades of business, citing “impossible” competition from online and chain retailers as being behind his decision to ceasing trading.

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Finance Minister Michael Noonan said the building of a N20 motorway connecting Cork and Limerick was a priority, but he ruled out any early move due to lack of money.

65 jobs are being created in Co Laois with the opening of a new Topaz service station.

A man has died after a crash on the M8 Cork to Dublin motorway.

The M8 has now fully reopened following an oil spill earlier today.

Gardaí in Tipperary are investigating a road traffic accident in which an articulated lorry driver was killed this evening.

A TD has criticised the National Roads Authority over the lack of rest-stops to answer a 'call of nature' on the Dublin to Cork motorway.

TWO cities separated by a long history of friendly rivalry have just got that bit closer.

JUST as it is increasingly difficult to understand why anyone would smoke, much less begin smoking, it is hard to understand why anyone would jeopardise their own, and other road users’, safety by driving without a seatbelt or while using a mobile phone.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen will open the final section of the M8 Dublin to Cork motorway today, potentially cutting journeys between the two cities by 45 minutes at peak times.

CONSTRUCTION giant John Sisk & Sons has said pre-tax profits last year more than doubled.

THERE is a sense of inevitability about Transport Minister Séamus Brennan's determination to impose toll charges on drivers using the planned motorways linking Dublin with the north, south and the west of the country.