Iarnród Éireann may feel flushed with success from its latest cost-cutting exercise, but it won’t please people who get caught short at stations where it has closed public toilets.

Wholesale and retail chain Musgrave is to create 80 jobs as part of a multi-million euro expansion of its Fonthill depot on the outskirts of Dublin city. 

A total of 80 new jobs are to be created as a result of an €8.2m investment at the Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland depot in Fonthill, Dublin, the company has announced.

A seven-year-old schoolboy, whose right leg was broken while he was bouncing on a trampoline at his home, has been awarded €35,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court against Smyths Toys.

The Newlands Cross upgrade on the N7 will be officially opened by Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe later.

There is bad news on the jobs front with up to 290 jobs being lost in Dublin and Donegal.

Up to 150 people are expected to lose their jobs at a Dublin food distribution depot after food wholesale giant Musgrave confirmed it is not renewing its contract with the firm.

DIY giant Homebase Ireland plans to shut three stores after the company was forced into examinership.

Pre-tax profits at family-owned electric and electronic retailer, Power City last year fell by 16.7% to €4.9m in spite of a surge in revenues.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating the false imprisonment of a man and a robbery last night.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has brushed off claims he fell asleep during a jobs announcement by a world-leading pharmaceutical firm.

Striking staff at Musgrave’s chill warehouse in Cork rejected company calls to return to work last night and vowed to continue their dispute indefinitely.

Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland has today reassured customers and retailers that deliveries will continue as normal despite a strike by SIPTU workers at its facility in Cork.

THREE of the seven NCT vehicle inspectors suspended for allegedly passing unroadworthy cars in return for cash have been sacked.

A FULL-SCALE review of the taxi industry will be carried out to ensure better safety for consumers and regulation for drivers, Public Transport Minister Alan Kelly has said.

Linen Supply of Ireland said today that around 200 of its employees are likely to be made redundant.

Four men have been charged in connection with a double robbery in Dublin on Friday night.

Four men remain in Garda custody in Dublin in connection with a double robbery.

A motorcyclist is in a critical condition in hospital following a crash in Dublin.

A PROPOSED new rail line directly linking major population centres in west Dublin with Dublin Airport should persuade many car users to avoid using the M50, according to Transport Minister Martin Cullen.

PRIVATELY contracted driving testers began work yesterday hoping to knock more than 3,200 drivers off the test backlog over the next month.

A jury in a Dublin murder trial has heard a .38 calibre colt revolver recovered by gardaí contained no fingerprints, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

THE number of private hospitals is set to increase by 50% with a raft of developments underway.

BIARRITZ OLYMPIQUE have been given more time by the ERC to finalise arrangements for the club’s Heineken Cup quarter-final against Munster on April 3.