Ross wants to cut drivers’ alcohol limit but fears opposition from rural TDsMinister says country needs 'a shock' to break complacency around relationship between drinking and drivingSat Dec 31 2016 - 08:10
Ross rejects call for multiple M50 tolls to curb congestionNTA recommended extra tolling points on orbital route to tackle rising traffic volumesFri Dec 30 2016 - 07:04
NCT operator fined for failing to meet targetsRoad Safety Authority penalises Applus over problems with accessing tests last yearFri Dec 30 2016 - 01:00
Dangerous driving: Ross rules out changing maximum jail termDepartment of Transport spokesman says the legislation is however kept under reviewWed Nov 30 2016 - 16:46
RSA rents office for chairwoman Liz O’Donnell for €29,500Head of agency will for first time get own office on Pembroke St ‘to perform her duties’Fri Oct 7 2016 - 12:54
M50, Port tunnel users face toll hikes after EU court opinionECJ says Republic must impose VAT on tolls levied across the State-owned motorwaysMon Sep 12 2016 - 01:00
Road Safety Authority seeks to link fines to incomes for speeding offencesSweden, Denmark, Germany and France have versions of a ‘sliding scale’ fineWed Jul 27 2016 - 06:00
Motor insurance firms given access to penalty points databaseInsurers say no link between sight of information and sharp rise in premiumsWed Jul 20 2016 - 01:00
Campaign a final sprint by parties to convince undecided votersDavid Farrell says evidence voters are increasingly swayed by policies over personalitiesThu Feb 11 2016 - 01:30
Wider penalties for phone use when driving droppedLaw was intended to punish drivers for using services such as Twitter, Facebook and WhatsAppMon Jan 18 2016 - 01:00
Rich drivers should pay heavier fines for speeding – watchdogRoad Safety Authority chief Moyagh Murdock favours altering penalties from fixed €80Mon Dec 7 2015 - 08:34
RSA head targets societal acceptance of road safety offencesInterview: Moyagh Murdock frustrated by some judges’ approach to road traffic casesSun Dec 6 2015 - 21:37
New kits next year will detect drivers on drugsNarcotics such as cocaine discernible from analysis of swab taken from driver’s mouthTue Oct 27 2015 - 01:00
Hundreds of drivers avoid penalty points due to poor boxHigh Court ruled that use of poor box for road traffic offences was ‘incorrect’ last yearMon Oct 26 2015 - 01:00
Change in laws to crack down on drink-drivingPlan to overhaul road traffic legislation comes amid anger over conviction rateTue Oct 20 2015 - 09:35
Johnny Ronan apologises for using ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’Alan Shatter welcomes move by developer who said any offence ‘genuinely unintended’Sun Sep 27 2015 - 10:58
Legislation signed to close drink driving loopholeLegislative move after court ruled breath test statements should be in English and IrishTue Sep 22 2015 - 19:14
Emergency law in pipeline in wake of drink-drive rulingDecision on validity of data via Evidenzer Irl device casts doubt on cases before courtsTue Sep 22 2015 - 06:00
Use of ‘poor box’ for driving offences persists despite rulingDrivers still avoiding penalty points despite practice being barred by Road Traffic ActMon Sep 14 2015 - 01:00
Thousands escape penalty points due to glitch in lawMinister says loophole will be closed shortlyMon Jul 27 2015 - 01:00
Only one driver got penalty points overturnedTwo loopholes had placed question mark over 200,000 penalty pointsWed Jun 17 2015 - 00:00
O’Brien sends legal letter to Murphy over Dáil statementDonohoe says it is unacceptable Irish media cannot report on Murphy statementSun May 31 2015 - 16:58
Denis O’Brien controversy has caused ‘constitutional crisis’Joe Costello glad The Irish Times and RTÉ seeking court permission to report Dáil statementSat May 30 2015 - 14:20
Spring statement: Tax and USC cuts possible in each budget until 2020Noonan says up to €1.5bn is available for tax cuts and spending on services in next budgetTue Apr 28 2015 - 14:01
Four in five disqualified drivers holding on to licencesAdditional measures needed to ensure compliance, says Road Safety AuthorityWed Apr 15 2015 - 01:00
State’s failure to implement EU toll ruling costing €15m a yearInterpretation of law sees NRA paying VAT on M50 and Dublin Port TunnelWed Mar 18 2015 - 01:00
Not one driver prosecuted under new phone lawLegislation closed loophole allowing motorists to escape fines for textingMon Mar 2 2015 - 01:00
Extra tolls on M50 ruled out by Minister for Transport Paschal DonohoeReport in 2014 called for extra toll points and increased peak-time charges, but Minister believes Luas cross-city link-up, plus modernisation of the bus fleet, will help ease congestion on the M50Wed Jan 21 2015 - 01:00
Minister wants more 30km/h speed limit zones introducedPaschal Donohoe has asked local authority to identify potential zonesMon Jan 12 2015 - 10:01
Donohoe wants increase in road traffic enforcementInterview: Minister believes there is no single reason behind rise in road deaths last yearMon Jan 12 2015 - 01:00
Roadside drug test devices to be introduced this yearDevices will test drivers’ saliva for range of drugs, says Minister Paschal DonohoeFri Jan 2 2015 - 01:00
Dublin Port Tunnel speeds a growing problem, NRA tells GardaVehicles breaking limit by more than 20km/hWed Oct 8 2014 - 10:36
Penalty point allegations ‘very, very serious’ - DonohoeMcCabe claims several hundred penalty points are being terminated every monthTue Sep 16 2014 - 14:25
Whistleblower Maurice McCabe joins penalty points inquiry unitReport suggests new penalty points system being abused at similar rate to predecessorTue Sep 16 2014 - 02:05
10 things to drive you daft during back to school madnessThe holiday season has been far too short. But, it’s been far too long. Either way, it’s overTue Aug 26 2014 - 14:04
Regular meetings between senior gardaí and McCabe proposedMaurice McCabe due to hand over more examples of terminated penalty points todayTue Aug 26 2014 - 07:57
Testing of unconscious drivers to start next monthProcedure will allow blood samples to be taken as close as possible to time of collisionWed Aug 20 2014 - 01:00
Use of cameras to detect untaxed cars challenged in High CourtDriver claims cameras cannot be used to prosecute offences under Finance ActsWed Jun 18 2014 - 01:00
Unaccompanied learner drivers at higher risk of road deathUnaccompanied learner drivers are eight times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash compared with those accompanied by an experienced motoristWed May 14 2014 - 01:00
Whistleblower feels vindicated after 'six years fighting system'Kenny promises ‘root and branch’ review after Guerin report on misconduct claimsSat May 10 2014 - 11:51
NRA proposes additional tolls for M50Varadkar says he would have ‘serious problem’ with toll being increased at peak timesSat Apr 12 2014 - 06:20
Law banning use of poor box in traffic cases widely ignoredMotorists are still avoiding points three years after the rules changedWed Mar 26 2014 - 01:00
Unaccompanied learner drivers escape serious finesOnly one-fifth of learner drivers who drive unaccompanied or fail to display an L-plate are convicted and finedTue Mar 11 2014 - 18:58
Archbishop admits some in church may be homophobicMartin says debate on same-sex marriage in Ireland has got off to ‘a bad start’Sun Feb 9 2014 - 20:16
Head of Garda traffic corps denies lower enforcement levelsAssistant Commissioner John Twomey says fall in detections of speeding, illegally using a mobile phone and not wearing a seat belt is the result of drivers becoming more compliant with the lawWed Jan 29 2014 - 01:00
Varadkar in favour of garda whistleblower giving evidencePAC chairman says he doesn’t mind if evidence held in a public or private sessionSat Jan 25 2014 - 01:00
Tolls could drop for HGVsGovernment says toll-free November encouraged hauliers to use motorwaysWed Jan 8 2014 - 01:00
Roadside device will test drivers for drugsEquipment can test for some, but not all, of the seven most commonly detected drugs so impairment tests will still be requiredSat Dec 28 2013 - 08:44