A troubled 17-year-old Dublin boy accused of reaching speeds of 240kph after stealing his mother’s car and leading gardai on a high-speed pursuit has apologised and offered to plead guilty.

Gardaí stopped a driver in Carlow after he was caught speeding at 157km/h on the M9 motorway on Friday night.

A man brandishing a firearm was dramatically arrested by armed gardaí at a shopping centre after an almost eight-hour crime spree across west Dublin involving six carjackings.

A motorcyclist has died in a road accident in Co. Wicklow.

The sentencing of a young man whose dangerous driving caused the death of his best friend has been delayed because gardaí do not have a full record of his previous convictions.

A man has died in a road accident in Tallaght, Dublin last night.

Gardaí are scouring countryside on the outskirts of Dublin for the weapon used in the latest gun killing to hit the city.

Motorists have been warned to take extra care on the roads as the first icy stretches appeared yesterday, causing a number of accidents.

A motorcyclist died in a road accident Co Wicklow last night.

A Dublin van driver has been fined €500 for running over and killing a 70-year-old nun.

A Dublin van driver has been fined €500 for running over and killing a 70-year-old nun.

A man who reportedly shot himself in the head in Dublin yesterday has died in hospital.

Thousands of car buyers who responded to an advertisement for a cut-price car got more than they bargained for when the voicemail on the number they were asked to ring turned out to be a road safety message.

Two people have died in road accidents in Dublin overnight.

A man has died in a crash in Co Wicklow.

There are reports of localised flooding on Dublin's northside.

The N81 Baltinglass Road is closed just after Blessington Village in Co Wicklow, following a collision.

Fears are growing for the safety of two people who have separately been reported missing in the Midlands in recent days.

Gardaí in Kildare say they are gravely concerned for the welfare of the missing teenager Cormac Clare.

A post-mortem examination will be carried out today on the body of a nine-year-old girl, who was killed in a road accident in Co. Wicklow yesterday evening.

A nine year-old girl died last night after being struck by a car in wicklow.

A nine-year-old girl has died in a road accident at Blessington, Co Wicklow.

Transport services in and around the capital were returning to normal this morning following yesterday's flood disruption, with commuters however still experiencing some delays.

The major emergency plan for Dublin has swung into action as heavy rain and flooding has the capital in its grip this evening.

Heavy rain has significantly disrupted transport this evening, particularly in the Leinster region.

Weather conditions are causing havoc for commuters in Dublin this evening.

EVERY summer, tourists pose for photographs in front of Guirke’s old shop in the picturesque village of Hollywood, Co Wicklow.

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

Overnight heavy rain was causing problems for motorists in areas across the country this morning, with some roads impassable due to surface water.

YOU wouldn’t have been half wrong thinking the ploughing championships had come to the capital yesterday.

Two people have been killed in separate road crashes in Dublin and Wicklow.

Heavy rain has led to very wet road conditions throughout Munster and Leinster.

MOTORISTS can greatly reduce their risk of accident by being more selective about the route they take to their destination.

THE two Irish women killed in Rome by a drunk driver early yesterday were named as Elizabeth Gubbins, from Mount Shannon Road, Lisnagry, Co Limerick, and her friend, Mary Collins, from Co Kildare.

Motorists are being warned of poor driving conditions this morning, with black ice on many roads around the country.

A man has died in a crash in Dublin.

Snow fell on many parts of the country today as a late winter chill began to bite.

THE plan to ban trucks from Dublin city centre will be blighted by problems and its “achilles heel” will be the inability of the port tunnel to cater for oversized trucks, according to a report.

A Dublin mother and her nine-year-old son were killed in a road collision in Blessington, Co Wicklow.

A man and a woman are dead following a road accident in west Wicklow this afternoon.

A high speed Atlantic Corridor will link the key cities in the west under the Government’s 10-year transport strategy, it emerged tonight.

Traffic chaos is forecast in the Co Kildare region today as 70,000 people descend for the two-day Oxegen music festival.

A FULL investigation into one of the largest illegal dumps uncovered in the country is expected to take several months to complete.

A truck driver has died following a collision on the N81 near Baltinglass in Co Wicklow earlier this afternoon.