A new association representing the chauffeur drive industry has been established in the western seaboard counties and will meet in Co Clare tonight.

One person is recovering in hospital following a collision between a car and tractor last night.

The Minister for Communications and An Post must come clean with the Irish public and outline their plans for the future of the national post office network.

Fire crews from two counties are dealing with a major oil spillage on the M18 this afternoon.

The opening today of the final 57km of the M17 M18 motorway will not only bring immediate economic benefits to towns and cities along the Atlantic Economic Corridor but it will support the development of the entire Shannon basin and act as the mobility backbone that improves the north-south flow along the Wild Atlantic Way.

Shannon Group and Shannon Airport believed the opening of the M18 Gort to Tuam motorway will provide an unprecedented opportunity to advance the case of a western economic corridor.

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.