Production of the first full hybrid vehicle in Europe was officially launched today at Toyota’s main UK plant by Business Secretary Vince Cable.

EirGrid has today announced that a further €160m in funding has been secured for its Ireland to Wales electricity link.

The European Commission has awarded a grant of €110m for the electricity inter-connector between Co Meath and Deeside (Wales), it was announced today.

US sales of Toyota's hybrid cars have surpassed the one million mark, the Japanese car giant said today, highlighting the rising popularity of ecological vehicles.

Japanese car giant Toyota is planning to cut production at its UK factories in a fresh move to reduce costs in the face of falling sales, it was learned today.

Car giant Toyota will slash its global sales target for 2009 to around eight million vehicles, it was reported today.

Car giant Toyota is to invest £88m (€114m) at one of its factories in the UK to build a new small petrol engine, it was announced today.

Ambitious plans to link Ireland’s electricity network with Wales could come to life early in the new year, it was revealed today.

The UK car industry was given a much needed boost today after Toyota revealed its British operations finally moved into the black.

Former Open champion Paul Lawrie lived up to his billing as a bad-weather specialist in the third round of the Portuguese Open today.

Former Open champion Paul Lawrie was today enhancing his reputation as a bad-weather specialist in the Portuguese Open.

FORMER Open champion Paul Lawrie, who lost out in a play-off last year, went one better with a commanding victory in the weather-disrupted Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open today.

Paul Lawrie cruised to his fifth European Tour victory in the weather-disrupted Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open today.

Aircraft builder Airbus is seeking volunteers for redundancies and proposing a shorter working week in a bid to avoid huge lay-offs because of falling demand.

A little boy who suffered a potentially fatal condition has been cured by using cells from his mother’s placenta after she gave birth to a second child, in what doctors said was a pioneering treatment.

Toyota is to create 250 jobs as it boosts production of engines at one of its UK plants.