The AA is advising motorists to take extra care as smoke may affect visibility.

The school children and undergraduates of the Celtic Tiger era emerged into a world of high rents, low-paid jobs, and emigration. They can’t buy houses and don’t have pensions. But they have voted for change, says Joyce Fegan.

Businessman Jim Kennedy and his company Jackson Way Properties (JWP) have lost a High Court challenge to a refusal to provide information about land in Carrickmines, south Dublin, which has been the subject of years of litigation.

A makeshift campsite in a wooded area at the Coolock Lane roundabout on the M50 in Dublin which caught fire earlier has been put out.

Three people have been arrested in connection with burglaries in the Blackrock area of Dublin.

No trams have been running between Balally and Brides Glen since yesterday evening, because of a power fault.

Traffic volumes along the stretch have almost doubled over the last two decades.

I read with interest that our Minister for Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross, has taken it upon himself to ask Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland to review their support for greyhound sport in light of the RTÉ Investigates programme recently aired.

As for the busiest roads in Cork, the report stated: "Several sections of the N40 Cork Southern Ring Road carry in excess of 80,000 vehicles on an average day."

A troubled 17-year-old Dublin boy accused of reaching speeds of 240kph after stealing his mother’s car and leading gardai on a high-speed pursuit has apologised and offered to plead guilty.

Four people have been hurt in a crash between a lorry and a bus in Dublin this afternoon.

A garda was injured during attempts to stop a car in Tallaght.

A man is due in court tomorrow, charged after a drugs seizure in Dublin worth €10k.

Emergency services were called to deal with the fire, which has now been dealt with.

Gardaí are at the scene of a multiple car collision on the Navan Road inbound - just after the M50 - in Dublin.

Being one of Ireland's most popular food delivery service, Deliveroo has come across a number of strange requests on their order forms.

Cars are killing us. They are killing our cities.

Business leaders in Waterford have hit back at criticism over the Government's plan to invest €5m in the region's airport.

Dublin's M50 motorway accounted for the highest number of collisions reported to AA Roadwatch last month.

Gardaí and emergency services are currently at the scene.

There was a drop in the number of collisions on Cork’s South Ring Road last year, despite a large rise in traffic levels.

The scheme involves an 84,000 square metre addition to the existing park.

A day care centre for people with intellectual disabilities has apologised after leaving a young man behind on a swimming trip.

A row between neighbours over water run-off from a boreen on the Beara peninsula has resulted in both men being found guilty of assault and bound to the peace on sums reaching €30,000.

The road had been closed on the northbound lane between Junction 12 Firhouse and Junction 11 Tallaght.

A fire broke out in an apartment complex and two people lost their lives. The building may not have been constructed properly but this wasn’t explored. Special Correspondent Michael Clifford sheds some light on the subject.

Local Fianna Fáil Councillor Paul McAuliffe says he's concerned the National Transport Authority wants to take over a large part of the site for MetroLink works.

It’s that time of the year — the common frog might become a more common sight on our roads, with the increased risk that many will get squashed under car and truck wheels.

Liam Sheedy’s second term in charge of Tipperary gets underway against the All-Ireland champions this evening at the Gaelic Grounds (7.30pm) and the Portroe man can’t wait to get started.

When people discover I write this column, their first reaction is usually, “You’re a dark horse” and their second is “Don’t write about me next week, haha”.

A little over a week out from the Dublin county final with Kilmacud Crokes, Anthony Daly sat down with reporters for over half an hour and talked hurling.

An American multi-national tolling technology company has failed in a High Court challenge to the awarding of the €200m-€400m contract to operate tolls on the M50 and on other roads in Ireland.

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The volume of traffic on national roads rose by 6% last year, with the M50 the country’s busiest road and the South Ring Road the most heavily used in Cork.

Former athlete David Gillick talks with the kind of startling honesty that will give hope — and inspiration — to anyone who has ever taken comfort in binge eating to dampen down emotions, writes Clodagh Finn.

Violent property crime has risen sharply, with a 17% increase in offences in the last year, Garda figures show.

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Some “very cutting” things have been said about Dermot Bannon online but he has learned to rise about them.

A veteran taxi driver has been cleared of not bringing passengers on the shortest journey from Dublin Airport to Temple Bar after demonstrating to a court that the longer route he picked was cheaper.