A High Court judge has ruled 27 Portugese workers who worked here on a road project are entitled to recover damages, estimated at €1.5m, plus interest, over breach of their employment contracts with three Portugese companies that traded here as the RAC Eire partnership.

THE Government yesterday outlined details of the €1 billion road plan which will see 292 kilometres of new road completed this year.

THE roads could be a safer place this Christmas if every person played their part by obeying the law, a senior minister said yesterday.

The roads could be a safer place this Christmas if every person plays their part by obeying the law, a senior minister said today.