Rural Life
An additional €16 million in funding has been announced today for upgrade works on rural roads and laneways.
The Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys is to seek more funding for improvements to rural roads and laneways.
Minister Heather Humphreys has announced funding of €12.5 million for repairs and improvement works on rural roads and laneways.
A total of 69% of fatal crashes happened on rural roads in 2022, according to provisional road collision figures published by the RSA today.
A Kerry County Councillor has called for the introduction of a emergency fund to improve dangerous rural roads.
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is asking road users to exercise caution while using the roads...
€11 million has been announced to for upgrade works to rural roads and laneways through the Department of Rural and Community Development.
Animals crossing the road is a sometimes difficult but necessary part of the job for many livestock...
Minister Heather Humphreys has confirmed the allocations to each local authority for upgrading non-public rural roads and laneways.
Some 53 road fatalities occurred on rural roads with a speed limit of 80kph or higher so far in...
Funding for the upgrade of non-public rural roads and laneways has been doubled to €21 million, Minister Heather Humphreys has announced.
"Bored boy racers" are a "driving rural residents round the bend" through meet-ups and illegal...
Minister Ryan and Minister Naughton have announced details of a €17.3 million climate adaptation programme for regional and local roads.
Rural road users are being urged by the ICMSA's Denis Drennan to exercise patience and awareness as this year's silage season begins.
An Garda Síochána and the RSA have today, Thursday, August 1, published a provisional review of progress in road safety.
Residents in Bruree, Co. Limerick, want a public space that was taken from them returned so that safety measures can be reintroduced.
Members of An Garda Síochána stopped a car with a "modified" DIY exhaust in a rural location in the south in recent days.
€10 million will be available in a new round of funding for Local Improvement Schemes, specifically rural roads, Minister Ring has announced.
Agri-Business
A drunk driver who was four times over the legal limit for alcohol levels was caught on a rural road by Gardai after driving into a ditch.
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland is to benefit from a £10m investment to improve the condition of the rural roads, the Minister for Infrastructure, Chris Hazzard, has announced.
As farmers take to the roads for the busy season, motorists are being reminded that up to 70% of fatal road collisions occur on rural roads.
At the end of January, the Government announced funding of €106m would be provided this year to address storm and flooding damage to roads
The Minister for Transport Pascal Donohoe has announced new speed limits for country roads.
