The Government is not taking advantage of the historically low cost of financing to deliver economically and socially critical infrastructure projects such as the proposed Cork to Limerick motorway, the country’s business representative body has claimed.

Plans to build a motorway between Limerick and Cork have been shelved due to a lack of funds .

A 54-year-old man who died in a road traffic accident in Co Limerick this morning has been named.

Gardai in Co Limerick are investigating the theft of £70,000 worth of aircraft tools.