Brexit has spelled the end of the British “landbridge” transit route, Dublin Port chief executive Eamonn O’Reilly has said, as new figures show a dramatic fall in lorry traffic with British ports.
New border controls introduced at the start of last yea…
Pioneering logistics operator Europa Worldwide Group has announced a half million-pound investment to increase its UK European road freight sales network delivered through Europa Road.
The operator is expanding from 13 to 16 local sales branch sites. T…
Strike action by Tesco HGV drivers and warehouse workers has been suspended after the supermarket giant offered them a 5.5% pay increase. Earlier this week, the Unite union said its members at Tesco distribution centres in Antrim, Belfast, Didco…
Tesco shoppers could face empty shelves in the run-up to Christmas as HGV drivers and warehouse workers based at its depots in Antrim, Belfast, Didcot and Doncaster plan to take strike action over pay. The dispute flared after workers were offer…
Lorry driver, 24, who fell asleep at the wheel after driving for more than 10 hours, is handed 12-month road ban after dash cam footage captures the terrifying moment her HGV crashes through the M5 central reservationSarah-Louise Murray had driven her …
Extinction Rebellion hijack the Lord Mayor’s Show: Eco-zealots clash with police and are arrested as parade returns to the streets of London after it was cancelled by Covid last year for the first time since 1852Arrests made after XR protestors stage a…
A lorry driver who caused massive delays by crashing on the M5 probably nodded off at the wheel due to fatigue, a court has been told.Sarah-Louise Murray, 24, had been driving the HGV from Scotland for more than the permitted 10 hours when she crashed …
Brexit
Talks are set to continue between the UK and the EU as it was warned the two sides were still far apart on issues surrounding the Northern Ireland Protocol.
UK officials described as “constructive” the first round of talks in Brussels th…
A SECOND man today faces manslaughter charges over the deaths of 39 migrants in an Essex lorry.
Eamon Harrison, 23, from Mayobridge, Co Down, appeared in Ireland’s High Court this morning after he was arrested on a European Arrest Warrant in Dublin.
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An organisation that represents the vast majority of haulage companies transporting goods between Northern Ireland and Britain has welcomed the reported EU protocol proposals as a leap of faith and a positive step.
However, a senior member of the DUP h…