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A FOUR CAR crash on the N4 at Lucan is causing hour-long tailbacks and heavy delays this morning.
The crash took place opposite the Texaco petrol station in Lucan inbound on the N4.
Fire and Garda traffic services attended the scene this morning, and minor injuries were reported.
The crash has resulted in serious traffic delays coming onto the M50 from Maynooth in Kildare.
AA Roadwatch say that it is taking over an hour for vehicles to travel from Junction 7 Maynooth to the M50 Interchange.
The crash has been moved to the bus lane after Junction 3 Lucan.
Traffic remains heavy on all routes going through Lucan, as well as on the Maynooth and Clane roads into Celbridge.
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Fianna fail are falling apart by its seams.its members in Waterford are asking for mehole to step down as leader.must be big infighting going on within the party
@tuco: FF are toast if they go into government with FG. The membership know this but they’re spineless.
@Conan Campbell: doesn’t the membership have a vote on the prospect of going into coalition?
@tuco: FF have been in trouble for a while now. I know this, you know this and it seems everyone but those in FF know this. By contemplating refusing the members a vote on entering Government Martin lost the support of the rank and file. If you were a member, would you canvass for them at future elections in light of this?
@John Meade: i would of thought so but i think there trying to avoid that all costs
@John Meade: My understanding from reports is that the membership were being sidelined by Martin. I can’t comment on the validity of those reports though.
@tuco: the cracks have been getting bigger and bigger over the years. MM has to be one of their worst leaders in living memory. Nobody, including himself knows what he really stands for and trying to enter gov with FG, he should have resigned straight after the elections if he had an ounce of decency or self respect.
@Conan Campbell: No they are not….they have sunk the country 3 times through corruption and greed and will do it again another 3 times because this country is riddled with toothless simpletons that will vote for them every election down the sticks.
@Peter Hughes: I agree. There’s one young lad called Alex Nevin (or something similar) that comments on here. Big FF fan and no older than 20. Depressing to see the youth so misguided. Having said that, FF polled highest in the 65+ year old’s in the election. That bodes well for the future.
@Conan Campbell: their are like snails but will suck up all the greens will throw at them, its pretty sad to see how spineless De Valera’s party has gone!!
@tuco: good riddance to the lot of them..
0% is insane, it means the burden to cover the massive deficit from this thing won’t be shared.
Every industry needs help, but equally every industry must play its part and pay tax.
If we decide loads won’t pay tax it means others will have to pay more or even more services will need to be cut to cover the shortfall.
Like it or not there are hard times coming, it won’t matter which party is in government as unpopular decisions will need to be made.
@Barry: while you are correct the way you have framed it, this could easily be done if other budgets are cut.
Direct foreign aid payments should be reduced dramatically and public expenditure cut across the board by a small percentage.
Yes, this is austerity, but instead of risking many service industry businesses going bust and thus prolonging austerity, we should make the right moves now.
Why can’t the businesses apply for VAT reimbursement if they can show their revenues have fallen from all of this? Instead of a cut to 0%.
@Barry: Getting vulture funds to pay ANY tax on their rental properties would be a nice start. I see no reduction at all in rental costs despite an apparent abundance of accommodation since all the students and tourists fled.
@Barry: typical Irish government stance on VAT. Were all goody two shoes EU citizens when it suits them. They don’t have any issue with screwing us on VRT though and won’t adopt an EU citizen position there. And to say we can’t nullify VAT is BS. All they have to do is collect and give an equivalent rebate of the same amount. We might “have” to charge it…..but no one says we can’t give it back….
The old vintners have great lobbying power. Last time they whinge, the vat was reduced but the prices stayed the same. And the money stolen from the savings of pensioners was never repaid.
So where will the minister go to find the money this time? Steal more savings from old people, or maybe reduce the dole?
@John Mulligan: my money is on cutting services and higher tax, USC version 2.
@John Mulligan: What makes you think a lower VAT rate results in lower VAT receipts? There’s another dimension you are completely ignoring which is the volume of transactions
@John Mulligan: money was stolen from all private pensions and they did not even give a tax credit for when the pensions are drawn down. Pure theft did not affect politicians or public service pensions
@Vin: Lower VAT in this case will not result in higher VAT receipts as lowering VAT will not be passed on customer. It never does.
0.01% then?
It’s amazing what LEO seems to be focusing on…social welfare, GAA, new government..
Why does there need to be a “Task Force” set up?
Why can’t the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport just do their jobs?
@Shakka1244:Because, like the majority of the public sector, they are afraid to make a decision. We are seeing it more and more with the Leaving Cert, tourism, COVID testing etc. It’s much easier to organise a task force and then no one is to blame. Until the permanent government are made accountable then it doesn’t matter who is elected to office.
Tourism has been in decline for years as RIP off Ireland is far too expensive compared to other countries
@Richy Fitz: I feel eating out is still good value in most places but hotels, b&b’s and holiday homes can be a real rip off especially in Kerry and Cork. They’re cutting off their noses to spite their face.
Pass the book typical
“Not while we are members of the EU.Then in next paragraph says, “it’s up to the next government…..There you go Pass The Baton, LEO…..
@Peter Bell: It can’t be reduced to zero while we are members of the EU. It can be reduced of course. But clearly that is not appropriate at the moment – with just a caretaker government in place. There will be no changes to taxes until there is a new government. Proper order. You think that is passing the baton?? It’s completely correct.
0%.. Hahahaha yeah right what are they smoking..
The tourism industry in Ireland has been in trouble way before this pandemic. We don’t go see our own world class relics, it’s not even considered, the carpark in places out price theme park entry elsewhere.
All take and no give, at Tintagnel in Cornwall there’s a Piper that jump’s out of the bushes and sings songs about king Arthur. No entry or parking fees, all paid for by their tourism board and that’s in the arse end of nowhere.
As for camping, France and the UK put us in the shade, showers and swimming pools are standard. There’s just not enough investment, perhaps it’s too late.
Btw if it is too late a new breed will come along and build on the ashes, protecting failure didn’t work in ’08 and it won’t work now.
@Cormac Laffan: i do quite a bit of travelling along the W.A.W. with my kids ( wife works most weekends so we head off ) and the lack of decent facilities in some places is shocking. Take the beach at Dogs Bay near Roundstone, no toilets for miles around. I have made a toilet out of a bucket and toilet seat so i come prepared but plenty don’t and Dog’s Bay is the tip of the Iceberg. I have camped all over Australia and the camp grounds are second to none. Toilets, showers, push button bbq’s and all working perfect and these are in remote areas. Those kind of facilities are few and far between here.
I honestly feel that if we had better facilities and not as much as a rip off culture far more people would holiday at home.
@Cormac Laffan: just stop- we did Devon & Cornwall last year for 9 days and it makes the West of Ireland look cheap. 2 bed cottage for end July was 1100, pay to park everywhere and in to everything No thanks.
@Derek Lyster: your spot on boy if prices were affordable for everything with no parking charges into venues and attractions Ireland would be a great country to visit, for instance 70,000 motorhome owners across Europe and only a pin head amount of them will ever come to Ireland to holiday and the reason is rip off prices from the ferry operators to paying for parking everywhere you go to ridiculous charges by campsites with little or no facility’s compared to what people pay in Europe for campsites with swimming pools, jacuzzis, hot tubs, heated sanitary and shower blocks etc. Then you have the hated iron barrior preventing access to most carparks and every viewing point that visitors want to stop at to photograph and enjoy the scenery.
@John Moylan: Devon and Cornwall campsites are fantastic value. Paying over the odds is your choice, I certainly wouldn’t be ripped off like that, there’s conmen everywhere.
Time for the tourism industry leaders to insist upon VAT cuts if they want to survive. The only tourists in Ireland for the next 6 months will be local, locals already financially impacted. In order to generate productivity, service offerings must change.
@Aoife Mac Cana: there won’t be many locals tourists staying in hotels at the prices they are charging already 1200€ for a 3 night stay for two alults and two children this country is a pure disgrace is it any wonder Irish people prefer to go abroad every year not even taking the weather into consideration..
@Aoife Mac Cana: Sure. As if VAT cuts will do anything with prices what people have to pay… Sorry but when facing with decision of weekend break in Ireland or 2 weeks in Spain for the same price – decision is pretty simple.
@Pat Patovic: There will be no option to holiday abroad for quite some time. Yes, you can compare historical pricing between foreign and local holidays but that is irrelevant to current offerings.
Let’s hope it’s not you nor your sidekick mehole Leo the sockboy
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