Residents in a quiet corner of Co Limerick now live in fear of dangerous heavy traffic caused by thousands of motorists who use the neighbourhood boreens as a 'rat run' to avoid Adare, one of the country's worst bottlenecks.

The woman was driving a car that collided with a jeep on the N21 at Meenleitrim, between Castleisland and Abbeyfeale, around 8am.

The €300m Adare bypass is expected to be fast-tracked as a result of the Ryder Cup announcement.

A grandmother has made an online appeal for information to help Gardaí find four men who were travelling in a car that allegedly drove her and her grandson off a main road after they smashed into the back of the woman’s jeep.

Adare is a name that catches the attention. It’s one of Ireland’s most admired towns, featuring a main street that is literally as pretty as a postcard, with its thatched roof houses, pleasant public park, and old-time atmosphere.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has confirmed that the Limerick/Cork motorway will pass along the route originally envisaged — putting an end to fears the project could be further delayed.

Two hundred and twenty five people were caught speeding on National Slow Down day yesterday.

The lack of a motorway between Cork and Limerick is the “single biggest gap in Irish infrastructure” and planning needs to be kick- started urgently, the boss of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has said.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has suggested the Cork-Limerick motorway could be built as long as tolls are included.

Business leaders in Cork and Limerick have united to secure the construction of a motorway between the two cities.

The Government is examining ways of fast-tracking finance for the stalled Cork-Limerick motorway, estimated to cost up to €1bn.

Mid-West Correspondent Jimmy Woulfe tells how the proposed Foynes-Limerick road scheme may, after years of frustration, offer relief of a bypass for the town Adare.

A total of 341 vehicles were caught speeding on National Slow Down Day, gardaí have revealed.

House costs may going up, but the price of this riverside folly in West Limerick has just come down dramatically.

A family have been left "traumatised" after their historic family home was destroyed by fire in the heritage town of Adare today.

Contracts with a combined value of €4.3m have been signed in relation to two road construction projects in Co Limerick.

A 21-year-old man has died in a crash in Co Limerick overnight.

The elderly mother of former Fine Gael TD Michael Finucane had to be rescued from her flooded home in Foynes, Co Limerick, yesterday morning.

Adare village is set to continue as a major traffic snag on the Limerick/South West N21 route with confirmation that the National Roads Authority (NRA) has shot down a request by Limerick County Council to activate a third bypass plan.

One of Munster’s best known bar/restaurant premises, which was sold in 2006 for around €3 million, is back on the market with a guide price of €875,000.

The Tralee bypass, one of the few major national roads projects to be undertaken since the economic downturn, and the biggest-ever roads project in Kerry, opened shortly after 2pm yesterday, to coincide with the annual Rose of Tralee festival.

The new Tralee Bypass was officially opened to traffic today.

Four people have been taken to hospital following a two-car collision outside Killarney this afternoon.

INNISCARRA, CORK €250,000

The Garda Ombudsman is investigating after a two-car collision in Co. Limerick this afternoon, involving a patrol car.

A FORMER two-time All Star Limerick hurler appeared in court yesterday charged in connection with a hit and run last year.

A 19-year-old man has died following a single-vehicle collision in Co Limerick this morning, gardaí have revealed.

A €97.3 MILLION bypass road, to be officially launched in Tralee today by Transport Minister Leo Varadkar, will result in an estimated 15% reduction in accidents as well as cutting traffic in the centre of the heavily congested town by a quarter.

Gardaí investigating a fatal two-car collision in Co Limerick yesterday have named the man killed in the incident.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a fatal two-car collision in Limerick yesterday evening.

A man has died in a road crash near Adare in Co. Limerick this evening.

GARDAÍ believe two men who died and a third who was injured in a single car accident near Adare on Tuesday night may have been on a criminal mission at the time.

Investigations are underway today into a road crash in Co Limerick that claimed the lives of two men.

CONVICTED drug dealers will be evicted from council houses in Killarney under a new draft anti-social behaviour policy adopted by the local town council.

A CAMPAIGN group has been formed to press Limerick County Council to carry out road works on a blackspot which has claimed five lives in the past three months.

Gardaí are investigating a fatal road crash in Limerick last night.

A MAN who died when struck by a car near Newcastle West on Sunday evening lost a sister and a nephew in a road accident in America less than five years ago, it has emerged.

FANCY a folly for keeps?

A LIMERICK taximan is recovering in hospital after being brutally assaulted by a man and woman who dumped him on the side of a country road late at night before making off in his taxi.

THE planned N21 bypass of Adare village faces further delays as Limerick County Council has to change the route it opted for four years ago because of recent alterations in national road policy.