Dublin Airport battled to keep flights operating today as commuter traffic across Ireland was crippled by the big freeze for a fifth day.

Tonight's Lily Allen concert at the O2 in Dublin will provide the first major hurdle for the new Luas extension in the Docklands.

The death toll in today’s Washington subway accident has been lowered to seven, instead of the nine reported earlier.

Work began today on extending the Luas from Tallaght to Citywest and Saggart in West Dublin.

TWO separate investigations have been launched after a Tallaght man became the first person to die in an incident involving a Luas tram.

Two separate investigations have been launched into an incident that has left a 20-year-old in a critical condition in Dublin's Beaumont Hospital.

The Luas extension through Dublin’s docklands to the Point Depot moved a step closer today after the Government received an application for the 1.5km route.

Motorists were today warned to heed traffic lights and road markings at Luas junctions following an accident in which five people were injured.

Officials from the Rail Procurement Agency are due before the Oireachtas transport committee later this week to explain the number of accidents involving LUAS trams in Dublin.

A man has been hospitalised following a collision between a car and a Luas tram in Dublin city centre this morning.

Four people were taken to hospital today after a car crashed into a Luas tram in Dublin.