Garda commissioner, Drew Harris, and senior officers have been accused of putting road users' lives at risk after it emerged that they are failing to stop nine out of every 10 disqualified drivers from continuing to drive on Irish roads.

The long-awaited €3bn transport strategy for Cork, which is finally due to be unveiled next week, is expected to recommend massive investment to deliver a reliable high-capacity bus system as a precursor to a Luas-type rail service.

Gardaí have expressed concern at the death count on the country's roads to date this year, with the number of fatalities up 30% on the same period in 2018.

Cork City Council has been accused of attempting to ‘sneak’ through widespread changes to one of the city’s busiest roads by residents living along the route.

The Government has approved a plan to upgrade a stretch of the N4 described by a coroner as "possibly the worst road in Ireland".

Investigations are underway into a hit and run incident in Kill, County Kildare.

Concerned residents in a Co Donegal town claim it will lose more than 200 local jobs and €10m in revenue each year after plans were announced to by-pass it.

An 18-year-old woman has been killed in a single vehicle collision in Derry.

A 22-year-old motorcyclist has been killed in a crash in County Waterford.

Gardaí in Cork say the Crookstown to Béal na Bláth road has been closed after a car crash.

Update: A man in his 20s has presented himself to Gardaí in Ballyshannon in connection with the traffic accident in Co. Donegal this morning.

A man has died after he was hit by a car near the village of Claudy in Derry overnight.

The daughter of an American tourist who was killed at a dangerous junction on the Cork-Limerick road has described plans to close it permanently as “heavy-handed”.

Opposition is mounting against the possible full closure of a dangerous junction on the main Cork to Limerick road where two US tourists were killed last year.

Campaigners opposed to a new motorway in Cork say they have raised thousands of euro towards a legal challenge against the road but that more donations will be required to meet the costs of the action.

A mid-year road safety review will be published by the government today, just days after the Road Traffic Bill was passed by the Dáil.

A woman in her 60s has died in a two-car crash in Co. Limerick.

CEO of the Road Safety Authority has expressed concern in the number of deaths on Irish roads since the beginning of the month.

Gardaí are investigating several fatal crashes on the roads this weekend, including one in which a teenager was killed.

A quick-thinking pedestrian in East Cork has shared a photo showing the condition of a road in his locality.

Drivers in Poland found themselves in a chocolate mess today after a tanker carrying liquid chocolate overturned on a road connecting the city of Poznan to Warsaw.

A man in his 40s has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after the van he was driving was in a collision with a car near Belmullet, County Mayo.

A Limerick man and a Scottish man have been killed in separate road incidents in Ireland and Britain.

Declan Colley looks back over his choice motoring picks of the year. Yet again, some of his selections may come as a surprise.

Latest: The colleagues of the US policeman who was one of four people killed in a horrific collision on Wexford's N25 have paid tribute to a "decorated officer" who received numerous commendations.

Transport Infrastructure Ireland has 55 roads projects in 23 counties but securing funding for them is just part of the process in ensuring the proposals move from the planning stage to work beginning on the ground, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

A grieving mum whose son died after he was struck by a car three years ago is glad local authorities around the country are being urged to introduce 30km/h zones in urban areas.

A key section of the main road from Cork City to West Cork is set to close for two consecutive weekends for major culvert works.

A motorcyclist, believed to be in his early 40s, was killed when his motorbike was in collision with a van in North Cork yesterday.

A 52-year-old man struck by a truck in Dublin yesterday evening brings to 77 the number of people killed on the roads so far this year.

An 11-year-old girl is in a serious condition in Dublin tonight after she was hit by a car yesterday.

A fishy situation.

Transport Infrastructure Ireland is warning that the M50 around Dublin is becoming a 'rat run'.

People are being warned to never take drugs or have a drink and drive.

A van driver is in a serious condition following a crash in county Cavan.

A former garda, previously tasked to one of a number of fatal road traffic accidents in the Limerick village of Clarina, has said the 100km/h speed limit on the N69 approach road into it is “dangerous”.

The Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald, has today provided figures relating to unaccompanied learner drivers.

The number of Irish motorists experiencing a breakdown has increased by 4.3% year on year according to AA Ireland’s Annual Breakdown Review.

Despite significant progress, road transport systems continue to kill people on a scale that is comparable to cancers, cardiovascular disease and respiratory diseases.

A UK lorry driver who ploughed a vehicle packed with steel into a line of rush-hour traffic, leaving one seriously injured, has been jailed.

We’ve moved on from chickens and now the burning question is: Why did the deer cross the road?

With mornings and evenings getting darker, drivers across the country are being urged to watch out for deer.

Police have named an elderly man killed in a Co Fermanagh road crash as Patrick James McGeough.