Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald and Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe are to be grilled by furious ministers over the Garda deal, which could cause chaos for the budgets of other departments.

THERE is a modern enough legend with more than a ring of truth to it that serves to highlight our ambiguous attitude towards public transport.

Minister for Transport Shane Ross has been heavily criticised following the leaking of a confidential report into the country’s rail network.

House prices are boosted near Dart and Luas Green Line stations, but not along the Luas Red Line, according to a new report.

An ambitious plan for the country’s most congested region aims to double the number of passengers using public transport and bicycles in the next 20 years.

Improving economic conditions are helping Iarnróid Éireann carry an increasing number of passengers this year, as more people return to work, particularly in the capital.

A busy southside supermarket in Cork City is proposed for expansion into a neighbourhood centre.

A Co Clare family has sold its electronic display firm to a US rival for an undisclosed sum. 

William Dargan: an honourable life 1799-1867

Irish Rail has said it will fully investigate an incident at a DART station in which a Dublin woman lost her leg.

The Mater Hospital’s role as the preferred location for a new national children’s hospital is coming under pressure after it emerged a greenfield site near the M50 on Dublin’s northside is being seriously considered.

ONLY one of three major rail projects planned under Transport 21 is likely to go ahead during the term of the current Government due to a lack of funding.

Ten people have been arrested after the murder of a man in north county Dublin.

THE names of four international consortia bidding to win the lucrative multi- million euro contract to build an underground rail interconnector for Dublin have been announced.

Rail chiefs today sought permission to press ahead with a €2.5bn Dart Underground in Dublin with work expected to begin within two years.

Three Kilbarrick men who got involved in a New Year's Eve melee in their neighbourhood after they went to assist a friend in getting back his stolen mobile phone back have had their sentence adjourned.

A man serving a three-year sentence for attempting to rob a woman at an ATM machine has been given a consecutive four-year sentence for an almost identical series of robberies at ATMs in DART stations.

BUSINESS took me to Dublin the other day, but it wasn’t very hectic business so I ended up with some spare time to watch brent geese grazing on the pitches of the GAA Club in Sandymount.

The Luas is to be extended into the centre of the Co Wicklow seaside town of Bray, transport chiefs confirmed today.

Commuter rail services in Dublin have been disrupted this morning following an accident near Lansdowne Road DART station.

HOW to change a national addiction to the car is one of the big challenges facing the government as it attempts to bring about a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

IT’S often been said — and never more than in the last month — that Bertie Ahern is a lucky general. By this they mean that when his anorak was being given its Teflon coating, they laid it on thick and fast.

RECENT reports of drunk and disorderly behaviour on the ‘Paris-style’ Liffey boardwalk will hardly come as a surprise to anyone who frequents Dublin city centre, especially in the evening.

Fine Gael today launched the latest phase of its national billboard campaign to hammer home its policies in local communities.

First-time buyers are getting on the property ladder at a young age, according to figures released today. For most, the search begins in their early 20s.

CLERGY and gardaí in West Limerick last night appealed to the mother of a newborn baby, whose body was discovered in a rubbish skip, to come forward and seek medical help.

A teenage girl abandoned her baby at a DART station in an attempt to escape from a garda who wanted to question her for a shoplifting offence, the Dublin Children’s Court heard today.

A post-mortem is due to be carried out today on human remains found at a DART station in south Co Dublin.

SERIOUS challenges remain if Ireland is to be confident of a transport system that provides transport for all, the National Disability Authority (NDA) warned yesterday.

The organisers of this year’s Funderland fun fair at the RDS say business is suffering greatly because of stoppages on the DART line to the southside of Dublin.

IARNRÓD ÉIREANN must explain why it plans to spend €1 billion on a tunnel under the river Liffey after it emerged using an existing route under the Phoenix Park would cost €925m less.

A fire at a switching station on the DART line in Dublin has caused the cancellation of all services south of Pearse Station in the city centre.