Relocating the Rotunda, lock, stock and babies, from Dublin City centre to Blanchardstown, is Prof Fergal Malone’s ‘number one goal’. But the hospital’s new master isn’t one to shirk a challenge, reports Catherine Shanahan

A man in his 50s has been killed in a two-car crash in Co Meath.

A status yellow snow-ice warning was in place across the country this morning until 10am

Motorists are being urged to avoid the M50 near Blanchardstown after a trailer carrying hay or silage bales caught fire.

The National Ambulance Service has rejected a claim that it took 50 minutes after receiving an emergency call for an ambulance to reach an ill man.

A three-year-old girl has survived a car crash that took the life of her aunt after the vehicle they were travelling in struck a packed long-distance bus.

Two separate investigations have been launched into a fatal car crash which took the life of a 32-year-old woman, but spared her 3-year-old niece.

A man is in a serious condition in hospital, after a Co Meath crash in the early hours of this morning.

A man has been killed in a car crash in Co Cavan.

TOURISM Minister Leo Varadkar and about a dozen volunteers have removed around 10,000 cable poster ties from the Dublin West constituency.

Motorists were today warned to be extra vigilant today after heavy snowfall and low temperatures left driving treacherous conditions.

PLANS to cut the cash support for regional airports have been criticised as failing to recognise the value of air access to isolated areas.

GARDAÍ in Co Meath are appealing for information after a motorcyclist was seriously injured in a hit-and-run.

AMBULANCE crew members have been banned from using a side door on the emergency vehicles until it can be clarified how a paramedic fell to his death earlier this month.

Chairman of the Ambulance Association of Ireland is calling for better safety measures for its workers following the death of a paramedic in Cavan yesterday.

A PARAMEDIC working with the Health Service Executive in the north-east died as the result of injuries he sustained when he fell from an ambulance.

Two men have died after the van in which they were travelling collided with a car in Cavan last night.

A section of the N3 outside Belturbet in Co Cavan which had been closed for a technical examination after a woman died yesterday has re-opened.

A Longford resident has been given a five-year sentence for possessing part of a €7.66m bank heist following the tiger kidnapping of a bank employee, his girlfriend and her family.

A Longford resident is to be sentenced later this week for possessing part of a €7.66m bank heist following the tiger kidnapping of a bank employee, his girlfriend and her family last year.

A 22-year-old woman has been killed in a road crash in Co Meath.

Gardaí are warning motorists in Dublin of severe disruption following a crash on the N3.

Gardaí today warned of hazardous conditions across the country due to the ongoing freeze and said the cold snap was set to persist into next week.

Motorists are being warned of dangerous driving conditions again today given another night of freezing temperatures.

Motorists were warned to avoid travelling today due to hazardous driving conditions as the big freeze continued into the New Year.

Icy conditions continue to cause problems for motorists around the country this evening.

GARDAÍ have announced a Christmas crackdown on motorists abusing the rules of the road.

AMBULANCE officer Paul Gray successfully delivered a baby in about 60 seconds in rush hour traffic in Dublin on Wednesday evening.

An 18-year-old man has been killed in a car crash in Co. Cavan.

One man has died and another is seriously injured following a road crash in Co Kerry this morning.

A woman in her 60s has died after a two-car collision occurred on the N3 near Cavan town yesterday evening.

Up to 10,000 jobs will be lost in the construction industry over the coming year because of a slowdown in road building, contractors claimed today.

A bus driver has been taken to hospital following a crash on the N3 in Co Meath this morning.

THE start of the thaw is on the way as freezing and snowy conditions of the past week near an end.

Gardaí have named the woman killed in this morning's crash on the N3 in Cavan.

A 29-year-old woman has been killed in a road crash in Co. Cavan.

The proposed M3 motorway will lose money, according to a financial analysis included today in TaraWatch's pre-Budgetary submission.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a hit-and-run incident in Co. Cavan that claimed the life of a 19-year-old girl.

Gardaí are investigating a suspected hit-and-run incident in Co Cavan.

More heavy rain and thundery conditions are being forecast for today following further flooding in many parts of the country yesterday.

FOR the second time in a week, Dubliners were faced with a massive clean-up operation after torrential rain caused localised flooding.

Heavy rainfall overnight has resulted in flooding in many parts of the country again this morning.

PANICKED motorists had to be rescued from waters up to four feet deep in parts of Dublin after the weekend’s record rainfall trapped them in flash floods.

Motorists are being urged to drive with extreme care this morning as many roads are awash with water after flash flooding.