Dense freezing fog was causing difficulties for motorists this morning, especially in the midlands where a major crash caused a closure of the Dublin-Limerick road, according to AA Roadwatch.

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.

A section of the M6 Galway to Dublin Road has reopened following a fatal crash earlier.

The final section of the M6 Galway to Dublin motorway opens today.

Lectures at University College Cork will be postponed from Monday for a week.