IT might have seemed as if nothing moved in construction and infrastructure in Ireland in the year that most will rather forget.

ON ONE hand, writing about Munster playing at home in the Heineken Cup is the simplest assignment in the world.

THE private operator of the tolled €295 million Rathcormac to Fermoy bypass in County Cork had a 40% increase in operating profits, to €7.6 million, last year.

RESIDENTS remain under siege on a regional road linking north Tipperary and Limerick despite government assurances the new Shannon Tunnel would improve their quality of life.

LIMERICK’S new €660 million tunnel will be a winner for many race-goers who are Galway-bound next week.

THE company that will run the new road tunnel under the Shannon near Limerick city denied yesterday that the opening has been delayed to facilitate the presence of government ministers.

FOR the second successive year, Sean Buckley dons the captain’s armband on Munster senior football final day.

LIMERICK’S 100ft tall floating metal Christmas tree, which was badly damaged in the recent floods after it was swept into the side of the Shannon Bridge, was refloated on the Shannon last night.

The final section of Limerick's Shannon tunnel has been sunk into place on the river-bed.

BUS ÉIREANN yesterday warned that proposed public transport lanes are vital to save Limerick from traffic gridlock.

A CALL was made yesterday for a controversial bus lane scheme to be put on hold in Limerick until the planned new Shannon tunnel is completed.

Up to 10,000 jobs in 28 multinational companies throughout County Limerick are threatened by Aer Lingus' decision to withdraw its daily Shannon-Heathrow service.

A NEW €60 million private hospital is to be built in Limerick employing 150 medical staff, it was announced yesterday.

The Irish Road Haulage Association and the AA have criticised a plan to impose a toll on a new tunnel due to be constructed under the river Shannon in Limerick.