A man, aged in his 40s, has been killed this morning following a fatal collision in Kilkenny this morning.

Gardaí say 10 people have been arrested for drink and drug driving since Friday.

Road traffic Gardaí were so surprised by a speed clocked by a motorist in Carlow that they said it, “beggared belief”.

More than €40.5m has been paid by the State over the past seven years to the operators of two toll roads due to lower-than-expected traffic volumes.

second, high-end Waterford hotel is planned by the purchaser of the Ard Rí/Ardree Hotel as the city positions itself as a pivot in the Ireland’s Ancient East tourism drive.

Ireland’s biggest fuel forecourt supplier Topaz has moved to cement its position as market share leader by announcing plans to open a 24-hour motorway service station on the Cork to Dublin motorway.

Emergency services are at the scene of two crashes in Kildare and Westmeath today.

A woman was killed in a single-vehicle road traffic incident and another woman died after she was swept out to sea in Co Clare.

Applegreen have announced 170 new jobs at its new Motorway Service Area (MSA) in Co. Kilkenny.

The man who called police to report a car crash which the force did not investigate for three days has said he feels guilty he did not follow it up after both people in the vehicle died.

A woman who lay in a crashed car beside her partner for three days, despite the accident being reported days earlier to police, has died.

A woman who lay in a crashed car beside her partner for three days in Scotland, despite the accident being reported days earlier to police, has died.

A man is in a critical condition after being struck by a car on a motorway in Carlow.

Four young friends took delight in imagining all the places their lives would take them, but their promising paths ended in a place of grief and sorrow.

Four young women have been killed in a road accident in County Kildare.

Seven people have been injured in a collision near Athy in Co Kildare.

PORTLAW WITH CURRAGHMORE ESTATE, COUNTY WATERFORD

Billing itself as a top Waterford city four-star hotel, the modern-build Fitzwilton comes for sale with a €2 million price guide, just in time for the city’s 1100-year anniversary celebrations.

Rower Inistioge 1-16 Kilnadeema/Leitrim 1-9 (AET)

The M9 in Kildare has re-opened after a truck crashed into a jeep towing livestock.

There are significant delays this morning for motorists in Kildare after a trailer towing livestock was hit by another truck this morning.

THE email was from a senior executive at Apple. “Your son has developed an excellent game, but he needs access to a Mac to finish his work,” it read. “If his game is published by Apple, he will be the youngest European developer of an app.”

It's like a tennis ball made of feathers.

The former landmark Ard Rí hotel and grounds in Waterford city, bought for a reported €15m in 2006 for a proposed €400m mixed use development, has been put on the market for €750,000.

Farranlea Road, Cork €200,000

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PORTLAW AND KILBUNNY CHURCH LOOP

A traffic problem at New Ross in September was just one of the factors in the National Ploughing Championships move to a midlands venue for 2013.

PHIL HOGAN’S attempts to block a constituent family getting housing needs to be put in context.

Motorists travelling to the National Ploughing Championships in Co Wexford are being warned of lengthy delays on some approach roads.

Parts of Cork city and county have been left under several feet of water after flash floods overnight.

A garda sergeant died yesterday after crashing his car on his way home from work on a dual carriageway in Co Wicklow.

Gardaí in Kilkenny are investigating a serious road traffic collision on the M9 this afternoon.

BUILT in the 1980s, and almost doubled in size when upgraded four or five years ago, this Co Kilkenny bungalow home has a good balance of living space for those who don’t need loads of bedrooms.

THE pregnant wife of a cash delivery official managed to thwart a tiger kidnap gang by activating a panic alarm at their home in rural Co Kildare.

Gardaí have seized 20 kilos of cannabis with an estimated street value of €240,000 in Carlow tonight.

Two women and a 10-year-old boy have been taken to hospital in a road crash in Co Kilkenny today.

A post mortem is due to be carried out today on the body of a man found outside his Co Mayo home on Thursday.

Commuters on the M9 in Kildare will today face delays as gardaí and council staff work to clear any remaining snow.

Motorists on the M9 in Kildare are being asked to drive with extra care today as gardaí and council staff work to clear any remaining snow.

Public transport networks are running well this evening despite the adverse weather.