Update: The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is expected to make a significant announcement on the coronavirus in the next few minutes.

A new five-year contract has been signed that will see €1bn invested in the country's rail infrastructure.

Irish Rail is being urged to alter its prices on some commuter lines in Co Cork following an investigation of its fares.

Iarnrod Eireann is taking steps against anti-social behaviour on DARTS in Dublin.

The father of a wheelchair user has organised a protest at Clontarf Dart Station in Dublin, calling for accessible train platforms.

This morning's train disruption is one of the worst Irish Rail has ever experienced.

General Secretary of the NBRU Dermot O'Leary says the problem is widespread on transport routes.

Earlier this month, it was revealed the company planned to hire more staff to deal with the increasing number of incidents of anti-social behaviour.

Alternative transfers will be put in place.

There are calls for a levy to be placed on transport companies in order to fund a dedicated Garda unit.

A dedicated transport police could be set up to address growing concerns about anti-social behaviour.

Transport Minister Shane Ross says they will come on stream in the next six months.

It is after signalling equipment was damaged in a fire at the weekend.

Iarnród Éireann has dismissed media reports claiming a significant number of its routes are facing the axe — but has identified four lines at risk of closure due to funding shortfalls.

Mobile phones can save lives, yet their use in situations that are far from life-threatening can be intensely maddening, rarely more so than in rail carriages.

A pilot project is underway on Irish trains to encourage people to give up their seat for pregnant women.

Rail passengers travelling to and from London Euston have been advised not to travel amid warnings of a day of major disruption to journeys after all lines were closed today.

A Japanese rail firm has issued a public apology after an intercity service left 20 seconds early.

The rail review and transport forum are what Ross should be focused on rather than Old Trafford or Pyongyang, writes Stephen Rogers.

The chief executive of Iarnród Éireann has told staff that prolonged strike at the company will lead to “damage to our customers, our business, and your income”, and has urged unions to re-enter talks aimed at resolving the pay dispute.

Irish Rail staff have hit back at claims that increments paid mean they cannot claim to have had no pay increase for the last decade.

Irish people find public transport harder to use than our European neighbours do.

From the meandering canals of Amsterdam to downing cheap bottles of wine on the sizzling Croatian coast — Kevin O’Neill explains the time-honoured allure of interrailing across mainland Europe.

Iarnród Éireann has reported a “worrying” rise vehicle collisions with rail bridges in 2016.

The rail regulator has highlighted the potentially dangerous signalling system which is currently in place for most of the country.

Intercity services, Dublin and Cork commuter services, and the Dart line may be the only rail routes to remain under radical options proposed to bring Irish Rail’s funding crisis to a halt.

Continued under-investment in Irish rail services threatens to impact on the safety and quality of services, Irish Rail’s CEO has warned.

Minister for Transport Shane Ross has been heavily criticised following the leaking of a confidential report into the country’s rail network.

With trains cancelled across France on the seventh day of a nationwide strike, the SNCF national rail service has offered unions a deal to try to persuade train drivers to go back to work.

Two trains travelling towards each other on the same track on the Mallow-Killarney railway line narrowly avoided a head-on collision when they came to a stop just 175 metres apart at Millstreet station.

Siptu says strike action will go ahead affecting Dart services in Dublin, unless plans for new timetables are withdrawn.

Two commuter trains crashed head-on in southern Germany, killing 10 people and injuring around 90 as they slammed into each other on a curve after an automatic safety braking system apparently failed, the transport minister said.

Irish Rail has revealed the worst performing routes around the country.

Union representatives say they are not hopeful that a rail strike scheduled for rush hour on Friday morning will be called off.

Thousands of refugees sit on the dirty mats that have come to define Budapest’s grand Keleti station. Many have travelled the now risky Balkan route through Macedonia, Serbia, and finally Hungary, hoping to link up with family and friends in Germany and Austria.

Today is International Level Crossing Awareness Day, and Irish Rail has said there has been worrying rise in dangerous incidents this year.