Latest: Gardaí have warned people to use alternative routes if the road they are travelling on is flooded.

UpdateTaoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned that pay rises for rail workers should wait until investment is made to the fleet and infrastructure.

The last remnant of the John Gilligan property empire in Ireland has gone on sale with the disposal of the former crime boss’s sprawling bungalow in Co Meath.

A vagrant is facing life behind bars in the UK for snatching a woman under a motorway bridge, then killing her during a violent sex attack.

Update 6pm: Eleven crew members have been evacuated after the Saga Sky cargo ship took on water off the English coast today.

Anti-racism activists brought traffic to a standstill on the road to Heathrow airport on a day of action which featured protests around the country.

Latest: The person who died in this morning's fatal road traffic incident has been named as 51-year-old Jacqueline Wolohan of Coolock, Dublin 17.

Almost 30 people have been taken to hospital following a five-vehicle motorway crash in Wales.

A man's been charged and a car has been seized following a cross-country garda chase.

Hurling fans heading to Croke Park later are being advised to use public transport where possible.

London 2012 chairman Lord Coe has played down talk of transport problems after Olympic athletes and officials experienced some travel delays yesterday.

London mayor Boris Johnson admitted today that there would be “imperfections and things going wrong” as the capital coped with the Olympics.

BRITAIN may build a £50 billion (€60.5bn) airport on the mudflats of the Thames estuary instead of expanding Heathrow as the government examines how to meet burgeoning demand for flights.

The biggest wave ever to hit Irish shores has been recorded, weather experts have revealed today.

Britain has not seen a road traffic accident on the sheer scale of yesterday’s M5 motorway pile-up for the past two decades, according to experts.

Several people were killed in England last night after a horrific motorway crash involving around 27 vehicles.

Tyre manufacturer Michelin is to examine a tyre which blew on Dana’s campaign car to assess it for sabotage, the presidential candidate has revealed.

A garda investigation into an incident in which a campaign car belonging to Dana Rosemary Scallon suffered a tyre blowout, has found no evidence of any criminal damage.

Gardaí have confirmed they are investigating a case of alleged criminal damage after a tyre on Dana's presidential campaign car blew out on a motorway.

Gardaí are understood to be investigating after a tyre on Dana's presidential campaign car blew out on a motorway, amid claims it may have been slashed.

A €7 MILLION service station has opened near Monasterevin, Co Kildare, which will provide services for motorists on the motorway linking Dublin with Limerick, Cork, Clare, Tipperary and Kerry.

JAMES MILNER insists Fabio Capello retains the full confidence of the entire England dressing room.

MOTORISTS are being overcharged on some of the country’s busiest toll routes because of the failure of toll operators to pass on price reductions, it emerged yesterday.

Road conditions are treacherous this afternoon as people make their way home.

Motorists are bracing themselves tonight for treacherous road conditions when temperatures plummet as the cold snap continues.

I HAD to wait in my car for two hours in Enfield, Co Meath, recently.

SIPTU have served strike notice on construction firm, Pierse Contracting Ltd.

Ireland's first official motorway service area will open today at Lusk on the M1 Motorway in Co Dublin.

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TRAFFIC policing in Ireland has become a whole lot more precise in the past nine months.

Wales international rugby star Andy Powell was banned from driving for 15 months today after pleading guilty to driving a golf buggy while unfit through drink.

Wales international rugby star Andy Powell will appear in court today to face a charge of driving a golf buggy while drunk.

WALES star Andy Powell, pictured, has been arrested for allegedly taking and driving away a golf buggy, hours after his team’s dramatic win over Scotland.

AA roadwatch is warning that heavy fog, reduced visibility and very icy conditions are affecting parts of the country this morning.

Around 500 jobs are expected to be created over the next year as part of a scheme to build motorway service stations on the M1 and M4.

A WOMAN driving a car through a toll on a multi-million euro motorway narrowly escaped injury when the barrier came down on her windscreen.

A WOMAN driving a car through a toll on a multi-million euro motorway narrowly escaped injury when the barrier came down on her windscreen.

Grand National-winning trainer Gordon Elliott carted off with the first major jumps race at Ffos Las as Backstage romped to a 10-length success in the £50,000 freebets.co.uk Handicap Chase.

Jockeys and trainers issued glowing appraisals of Ffos Las after the Welsh track staged its inaugural Flat meeting yesterday.

Weather more associated with the depths of winter tried to blight the inaugural Flat meeting at Ffos Las - but the fixture still received a universal thumbs-up from jockeys and trainers.

A FORMER British Airways steward who once conned more than £200,000 (€230,000) out of friends and colleagues has been jailed for life for murdering his partner.

Twenty-one jobs are due to be created in west Dublin following the merger of two tolling companies.

Venetia Williams provided renowned gambler Harry Findlay with a belated birthday present and eased the pain of a recent loss as Aachen scored first time out at Taunton.