Saturday 25 May, 2013
A minimum of 24 hours notice will be given for any industrial action, unions officials have said.
It’s tough out there. We’re here to help.
The company has released a short list of services which continue to operate.
Bus Éireann says it anticipates that school transport services will operate as normal today but has advised parents to check services ahead of time.
The key to the success of the Panama Canal – the 12km-long Culebra Cut – was completed this month in 1913. Its overseeing engineer died just months later.
Preliminary construction work on the Luas link-up in Dublin city centre is due to start in the next few weeks.
A PhD study found that women stand nearest the doors…
The company will provide up to 100 groups with a free group travel return journey for up to 50 people over the course of the year.
Talk about being caught rapid.
In total, 17,600 cars were sold last month though sales of goods vehicles were down.
TheJournal.ie takes a look at figures released by the Government last week.
Rural Ireland is experiencing a demise, with empty shop buildings, damaged roads and a lack of essential services. Action needs to be taken now or we could see whole parts of the country uninhabited, writes John Verling.
Leo Varadkar has launched a new ‘design manual’ to take the focus off streets being used as traffic corridors in future.
Reclining, dining and snoozing – it’s a minefield up in the air…
The loads will be transported by garda escort tonight and in the early hours of tomorrow morning.
A video from 2011, released only this week, shows how a train sped through SEVEN stations before stopping.
However, the scheme is to undergo a number of changes – although Minister Varadkar said that no decision has been taken on the issue.
The Transport Minister says that talk that the government has €1 billion more to play with in the next Budget “gave me bad memories of Charlie McCreevy”.
Seat hogs, screaming babies and loud music – prepare yourself for another week of commuting bliss.
Kerry County Council has confirmed that it has sent a letter to Alan Shatter on foot of the controversial motion passed by the council last week.
One 85-year-old man and his family return to thank crew for saving his life after a cardiac arrest last September.
Ireland is not in a position to invest financially in transport like it was in the past – so it needs to be wiser about how it does invest, says the Minster for Transport.
More than 300,000 Irish businesses and sole traders will see the cost of compliance with transport regulation cut when new computer systems go live later this year, said the Minister.
Timetable changes on intercity services to Dublin have come into effect from today but some services have been cut.
The European Commission has approved the grant for 33 new railcars on the Athlone-Portlaoise-Dublin commuter belt.
The National Transport Authority introduced the cap, and plans to roll it out for Irish Rail and Dublin Bus in the near future.
New figures released by Iarnród Éireann show the number of people taking the DART is up but Intercity and Commuter passengers figures are down.
The Minister for Transport wants five new Acts, a new road safety strategy, a Luas connection and an independent Shannon.
The increase on 2011 comes despite a week long disruption on the Red Line early in 2012.
Spuds, glorious spuds, stood in for people in on-board tests.
Transport Minister Leo Varadkar said the Cabinet would have concerns about connectivity, competitiveness and employment.
That is according to the Green Party, who says that the proposed Irish Rail timetable changes for 2013 are pushing some lines “toward collapse”.
Value for money reviews into the Coast Guard lead to fears about the future of the Marine Rescue Coordination Centres at Dublin, Valentia and Malin.
A group representing drivers said business over the last year has decreased already as people have less disposable income.
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
The National Transport Authority has sanctioned increases for Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann, Irish Rail and the Luas.
DELAYS TO THE Luas Red Line service are expected until to last until at least 10.15 this morning following an incident on the line.
AA Roadwatch has warned passengers to expect significant delays after a cyclist came off their bike close to the Jervis stop. The service was briefly halted between Smithfield and The Point following the incident but has now been restored.
The company which operates the Luas has apologised for the inconvenience.
It flies at almost the speed of sound and Oprah, Warren Buffet and Ralph Lauren want one.
The way we view each other with mutual suspicion is often down to cramped roads, crap cycle lanes and a lack of intersection between how motorists and cyclists use the road.
Private bus operators have said they could save the State up to €30 million a year if they take over some subsidised bus routes. But would you welcome more privatisation of bus routes?
A MOTION OF no confidence in the Minister for Justice will be debated in the Dáil next week with Fianna Fáil claiming Alan Shatter’s position is now “untenable”.
The opposition party has been fiercely critical of the Fine Gael deputy’s handling of an ongoing row with Independent TD Mick Wallace.
“The Minister has shown extremely poor judgement of late. In particular, he used private information he received from the Garda Commissioner to undermine an opposition TD on Prime Time last week,” Niall Collins charged.
Shatter is currently facing two investigations by the Data Protection Commissioner and the Standards in Public Office Commission over his actions. He was also forced to clarify the nature of an incident where he was breathalysed by gardaí but could not complete the test because of asthma.
Although the motion of no confidence is unlikely to pass (as the government can table a counter-motion), TheJournal.ie wants to know what you think. Is Alan Shatter’s position as minister untenable?
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