Drivers look set to be hit with more toll charges, under new proposals from the National Roads Authority.

MOTORISTS could be facing tolls on major roads within three years after the National Roads Authority (NRA) confirmed it is hiring consultants to examine the potential for “new tolling arrangements”.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a crash in Co Carlow which claimed the life of a man in his 60s this morning.

A man in his 60s has been killed in a road crash in Co Carlow.

The man who was killed in a road crash in Co Mayo yesterday has been named as 61-year-old Peter Meenan from Ballyhaunis.

A 17-year-old man has died in a road accident in Co Carlow.

A NEW concept for 2010 … joined-up thinking. The prolonged cold weather has shown us yet again how bad our quangos are. County councils have the responsibility for gritting our roads. So can we assume there is duplication in each county of the operational structures required to purchase, store and distribute the grit?

A 24-year-old motorcyclist has died following a road crash in Co Carlow yesterday afternoon.

Investigators are today trying to piece together the circumstances leading up to a multiple car crash that claimed the lives of a father and son.

Two men were killed in a road accident involving a minibus and two other vehicles last night.

TWO people were killed and at least 16 taken to hospital last night following a road crash in Co Kildare.

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.

A man in his 20s has died following a two-car collision in Co Kilkenny just after midnight last night.

A 29-year-old man has died following a car crash on the Carlow-Kildare border this morning.

A woman was killed today after the car she was driving was in collision with a truck.

A Polish man who was questioned by Gardaí in relation to a crash, which resulted in the death of two women in Kilkenny this week, has been released without charge.

Gardaí in Kilkenny are appealing for witnesses to the fatal pile-up at Sugarstown.

Four people have died in three separate road crashes in Kilkenny, Galway and Dublin today.

A number of motorists have been injured in a crash involving an articulated lorry in Co Kilkenny, gardaí said today.

Fontstown in Athy, Co Kildare, is the property of former jockey Liam Cusack and Jane Tiffin, who have run a very successful business from their residential premises.

The Progressive Democrats National Conference continues in Wexford today.

A COMPLETION date of 2009 is anticipated for phase two of the planned Waterford-Dublin motorway, Transport Minister Martin Cullen said yesterday.

Motorists are being urged to take extra care on the roads today as heavy wind and rain continue to batter all parts of the country.

Gardaí have named the two men killed in the two latest road crashes.

A man in his 60s was killed when his car hit a ditch at Castledermot, Co Kildare yesterday evening.

JOURNEY times between the south-east and Dublin are to be cut by almost an hour within the next two years, with work getting underway yesterday on the new N9 Carlow bypass.

Three people have died after their foreign-registered car collided with another vehicle on the N9 in Co Carlow this morning.

WATERFORD’S Mayor Cllr Hilary Quinlan has welcomed news that work on the N25 Waterford bypass will begin in April this year.

GAA President Sean Kelly has backed Carlow club Tinryland GFC in their dispute with the National Roads Authority (NRA) and Kildare County Council.

A full-scale consultation process on the next national development plan is due to begin shortly, Transport Minister Martin Cullen said tonight.

AN BORD Pleanála has given the green light for work to begin on the long-awaited Waterford to Kilcullen dual carriageway, despite close to 20 major objections from land and home owners.

SAVINGS of up to an hour on car journeys between Dublin and other cities within five years and a dedicated route from Letterkenny to Waterford are among the main roads projects of the Transport 21 plan.

CLOSE to 300 submissions have been made to An Bord Pleanála on the new Waterford to Kilcullen dual carriageway - more than twice the anticipated tally.

MORE than 100 objections are expected to be lodged with Bord Pleanála against the new Waterford to Kilcullen dual carriageway.

Infrastructural projects in this country are billions of euro over budget, and vast numbers are not coming in on time, writes Claire O’Sullivan.

THE cost of the country’s major infrastructural projects have soared by up to €7.5 billion, latest figures reveal.

AN Irish motorcyclist was fighting for his life yesterday in a Cypriot hospital after suffering serious injuries in a crash.

FRESH concerns are being raised about the potential delays caused to a city bypass because of the discovery of an archaeological site in the area being excavated.

A €1 BILLION dual-carriageway linking the outskirts of Dublin to the south east is expected to get the green light next week, despite more than 100 objections to the route.

GARDAÍ are investigating whether the notorious Westies criminal gang was involved in an international multi-million euro illegal car export ring smashed by officers on Monday.

DISASTROUS road links between Waterford and Dublin are costing businesses using the busy route more than 40m each year, a report to be launched next week reveals.

CONCERNS about Waterford’s future as a gateway city eased last night as airport bosses said they hope to have a new service for passengers within weeks and business leaders were assured of continued transport links.

Plans for the biggest single new road project in Irish history were published today.