The response follows calls to temporarily extend the validity of NCT licenses by two years, no matter how old the car is 

Airline splashes the cash targeting 300m passengers a year

Dublin City Council’s plans to permanently ban private cars from College Green from May 29, while welcome, must involve meaningful engagement with local businesses to avoid a repeat of difficulties experienced in other parts of the city centre ...

These vehicles are massively contributing to our emissions problem. For every five SUVs sold, you knock out the benefit of an EV

Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) adjudicator Andrew Heavey ordered individual compensation for each of the 11 people involved, ranging from €21,000 to €2,320.

A senior executive engineer in North Cork says keeping roads open is going to get more challenging day by day

We asked each of the three party leaders in Government five key questions about how they are personally trying to live more sustainably.

The Climate Action Plan proposes a 10% reduction in emissions from the heavy goods road freight sector by 2030

Congestion charges are needed, for the sake of the environment, but few politicians would be willing to face the potential fallout.

Number of uninsured vehicles on Irish roads could pass 200,000 by the end of 2024

Bus services in Galway are set to increase by 50%, as the National Transport Authority unveiled its draft new bus network for the city under the area’s BusConnects programme.

Westbound N25/N8 approaches to the Dunkettle roundabout will close from Friday evening until at least 9pm on Saturday

Ryanair boss says Brexit is ‘unbelievably messy’ and a ‘net negative’ on the British economy

If we want to inspire people to embrace changes to combat climate change, we need to tell a story of opportunity and improvement, writes Paul McGuirk

EasyJet raised its profits target for a second time this year, pointing to higher fares at many airlines in the coming months. 

County councillors said the lack of a northern relief road in Mallow is seriously impacting economic growth in North Cork and Kerry

5km section of the N25 between Carrigtwohill and Midleton has been mothballed, leading to concerns among senior county council officials, public representatives, business owners, and locals

Midleton, Co Cork was on the cusp of a major boom, until the upgrade of its main road was axed. The fall-out will be serious in many ways, writes Sean O’Riordan

The winning bidder will also be responsible for the Motorway Operations Control Centre

One candidate said they had been driving very carefully because the weather was so cold and black ice was a factor.

Town-centre properties present a huge opportunity to create housing in climate-friendly conditions, writes  Marc Ó Cathasaigh

ST PATRICK'S Street: This is great, it’s so long since I got the bus that I’d forgotten the traffic ban on St Patrick’s Street means the buses roll through unimpeded, double-decker gazelles cruising along the tarmac veldt.

New figures show that 9,303 new electric cars have been registered this year, in comparison to 6,235 during the same period in 2022

The National Transport Authority (NTA) needs to do a lot more to protect the 700 urban trees which still face the chop under the BusConnects Cork project, an expert has said.

From Wellington Rd and Summerhill in the East to Cathedral Rd and Dublin St in the West, some of Cork northside's historic thoroughfares will lose out on the proposed bus and cycle lanes

Success of Wild Atlantic Way route has left town swamped with traffic, councillors told

A review is underway as to how a man managed to board a flight at Dublin airport without a passport or boarding pass.

EU member states have given their final approval to a landmark law to end sales of new CO2-emitting cars in 2035, after Germany won an exemption for cars running on so-called e-fuels or synthetic fuels.

Thousands of customers were affected excessively long queues and wait times at the airport due to issues with staff and other problems last year.

Public transport fares in Ireland are amongst the most expensive in the world, as new analysis shows that Dublin commuters are paying out on average over 5% of their wages on monthly tickets.

Long commutes by car have been 'normalised' and are impacting quality of life, and 'damaging households and communities', Dáil committee told

Emissions in aviation were estimated to be about 2.5% globally in the years before the pandemic struck, while shipping accounts for nearly 3%.

In all, there were 32,431 contacts made to the CCPC’s helpline last year with queries and complaints, and over 7,000 consumers were referred to the Small Claims Court for redress

Ryanair will look at locating aircraft in other airports and possibly expanding routes elsewhere across Europe if Dublin Airport passenger charges increase any further.

Volkswagen to invest €180bn over five years in areas including battery production and raw material sourcing

'On my most recent trip through our fair city I found practically every pavement in Cork chaired within an inch of its life'

To achieve a reduction in emissions in the transport sector, as required by the Climate Action Plan, unpopular policy decisions are essential to get people living in cities out of cars, writes Dr Catherine Conlon.

Transport is the only sector that will be expected to make upper-limit carbon reductions under plan to reduce greenhouse gases

Measures such as a €10 daily charge for driving in cities, halving public transport fares, a 20km/h reduction in speed limits, and increasing parking charges have been suggested by the NTA

JUST picture it. At the end of a long day, you are on a flight back to Dublin Airport from overseas. You just want to get home and your anticipation rises as your plane begins its final descent toward the runway, only to pull away at the last minute.

€18 million was forked out by motorists using the M8 motorway to Cork, with just €8,000 left behind in “excess tolls”.

I've threatened readers in the past with my story about Joyce Kilmer, the man who wrote the poem Trees, and if there’s one thing I know from reading Elmore Leonard it’s that if you issue a threat you have to follow through with it (preferably with ...

Councillors react furiously when they learn that the county receives €1,000 less per kilometre than the national average

Parents at Douglas Rochestown Educate Together National School were informed that Bus Éireann is sourcing a vehicle to transport 50 pupils to the school