Transport Minister Shane Ross has defended the Government’s decision not to go ahead with proposed minimum passing distance laws to protect cyclists, amid criticism that the u-turn is a ‘cop out’.

Senior members of the ASTI will meet later to examine new proposals aimed at ending their industrial dispute.

Tax proposals currently under consideration by Government should be rejected says Social Justice Ireland.

Today is ‘D-Day’ for Greece as the eurogroup wait to receive and evaluate proposals from the Tsipras government for a third bailout programme.