Shannonside: Over €4.5 million spent on local Active Travel projects in 2024
Over €4.5 million was spent to deliver active travel projects across the Shannonside region last year, a report has revealed. The 2024 Local Government Climate Action Key Performance Indicators Report monitors the adoption of climate measures across all local authorities in Ireland, says Shannonside.ie. It also tracks how counties use allocated funding to deliver cycling […]
Ireland: Over 900 speed camera fines on N25 revoked due to ‘human error’
More than 900 speeding fines and penalty points received by motorists from a fixed speed camera in Co Kilkenny have been cancelled due to “human error” in processing the alleged offences, An Garda Síochána has said. The Garda said it has begun writing to motorists to inform them fines and penalty points issued for speeding offences on the N25 […]
Sisk completes Killaloe Bypass to boost heritage towns and local economy in Shannon
Sisk has completed the €88m Killaloe Bypass, providing a western bypass of Killaloe and an upgrade of the existing R494 regional road. Minister for Transport, Darragh O’Brien, officially opened the Killaloe Bypass road, a transformative 6.2km development which includes the first new vehicular bridge across the Shannon in more than three decades. The bridge, known […]
SWARCO’s operations in Ireland merge to form SWARCO Ireland Ltd
Following the acquisition of the Elmore Group in July last year and successful integration with its existing operations in Ireland over the last six months, SWARCO has formally rebranded the combined business to SWARCO Ireland Ltd. The business, based in Dublin, will continue to leverage the capability and solutions of both SWARCO and Elmore Group’s […]
DfI announces return of road safety campaigns
The Department for Infrastructure in Ireland has announced a renewed collaboration with the Northern Ireland Road Safety Partnership (NIRSP) to promote two road safety campaigns. The collaboration launched a new road safety public information campaign highlighting the dangers of careless driving in December last year, followed by the established anti-speeding campaign ‘Classroom’ in January 2024. […]
Sisk Sorensen JV set to tee off at Ireland’s Adare Bypass
Sisk and Sorensen Civil Engineering Ltd Joint Venture has been announced as the successful bidder for the construction of the €150 million (£125 million) Adare Bypass. Subject to the necessary approvals, it is programmed to have the contract awarded by the end of 2024. In November 2023, the government announced its approval to advance the […]
Ireland spending €9m on speed cameras
Ireland’s Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, has announced an allocation of €9 million in funding for up to 100 new speed cameras as part of Budget 2025. Last year, Minister McEntee allocated a 20% increase in funding for GoSafe speed cameras, resulting in a total of 9,000 hours of speed monitoring per month across […]
Sisk moves to new Dublin Digital Twin HQ
Ireland’s largest construction and engineering firm, Sisk has moved over 200 of its staff into a newly retrofitted building at Citywest Business Campus, Dublin. As a result of the retrofit its new HQ has achieved an energy rating of A3, up from D2. The new offices were officially opened by Tánaiste (Deputy Irish Prime Minister) […]
Ireland: Doubts over plan to use speed cameras to catch drivers using phones
A legal question has arisen over plans to use speed cameras to detect motorists in Ireland who are on their phones. Last month, Justice Minister Helen McEntee said traffic cameras would soon be used to spot the use of phones behind the wheel. It would allow the issuing of automatic fines just as the camera […]
New VESOS research for Transport Infrastructure Ireland confirms potential live-saving minutes could be saved by eCall
The specialist eCall consultancy and software company VESOS Solutions Ltd has completed research to evaluate the possible use of eCall data to generate incidents on the Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) road and motorway network, showing the technology can speed up response times after crashes. Four years of anonymised data collected by the country’s ECAS (Emergency […]