A video showing a van smashing through a level crossing in Co Galway on Monday, shockingly shows a cyclist riding across the tracks just seconds later.

Gardaí in Galway are searching for the driver of a white van who ploughed through a level crossing yesterday just seconds before a train was due to pass.

Clare County Council has confirmed that local access on the R471 Clonlara to Sixmilebridge Road at Cloontra East Bridge has been restored.

Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has called on the Minister for Transport to step in and safeguard routes that have come under threat from Iarnród Éireann.

Emergency remediation works at Cloontra East Bridge on the R471 Clonlara to Sixmilebridge Road will commence tomorrow (Tuesday) at 9.00a.m.

The opening of the Gort to Tuam section of the M17/M18 motorway ahead of schedule will give investors an alternative to Dublin and Leinster and provide access to a larger population and labour markets in the west of Ireland including Co Clare.

One person was hospitalised following a single-car collision in Kilkishen this morning.

Cloontra East Bridge on the R471 Clonlara to Sixmilebridge Road has been closed at Cloontra East\Mountrice with immediate effect and until further notice as a result of structural damage.