Transport Minister Noel Dempsey has announced the upgrading of several stretches of roads to motorway status.

Five people have been injured in a two-car collision in Galway.

Gardaí are dealing with a two-car crash at Garbally, one kilometre west of Ballinasloe on the N6 Dublin to Galway road.

FLOOD waters around the country are expected to recede today as weather forecasters predict better weather for the remainder of the week after another day of intense rainfall that left many homes suffering millions of euro in flood damage.