Work on getting rid of the last bottleneck between Dublin and Cork is getting underway.

up to €100m has been set aside to improve accident blackspots on roads around the country this year.

The Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has announced €100m worth of funding for new road safety and upgrading projects around the country this year.

Motorists are once again being urged to drive with extreme care today.

A MAJOR inter-city road upgrade has been caught up in a web of bureaucratic confusion.