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NINE TOLL ROADS will see their usage fees increase by almost 10% on 1 January 2023 as operators seek to keep tolls in line with inflation.
Prices can’t rise more than the rate of inflation and all nine roads will increase their tolls by the “maximum” level possible, keeping up with the 8.9% inflation that occurred between August 2021 and 2022.
Of the ten toll roads on the national road network, eight are operated under a “Public Private Partnership” model, while the M50 and Dublin Port Tunnel are operated by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII).
TII have announced today that they don’t plan on changing tolls for the Port Tunnel but the M50′s tolls will rise by 20 or 30 cent depending on the vehicle category.
Tolls were multiplied by the 8.9% rate of inflation and then rounded to the nearest 10 cent.
A car on the M50 with a pre-registered tag will cost €2.30 from January, up from the current €2.10 charge.
The biggest change for drivers will be for those travelling the M50 in a car that hasn’t been registered, a current cost of €3.20 that will rise to €3.50.
The eight ‘Public Private Partnership’ roads will increase, with tolls for a car on the M1, M7/M8, M8, N6, N25WF and N18-L,T to rise from €2.00 to €2.10, and for LGV and bus tolls to increase from €3.50 to €3.80.
A car on the M3 will cost 10 cent more in January at €1.60, while M4 car tolls will go from €3.00 to €3.20.
Speaking on the reason for an increase in M50 tolls, TII stated:
“The M50 is a user pay funded motorway, through a barrier-free tolling system. TII is required under legislation to maintain a safe and efficient network of national roads and the M50 toll funds the maintenance and operation of the M50.”
“A deferment of the toll increase on the M50 would have required funding to be reallocated from other national road projects and reduce funding for asset management and renewal activities.”
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So landlords attack tenants for not paying rent, when in fact the reason is they moved banks and the tenant in question is a surgeon who had the presence of mind to put the rent aside.
The gardaí were only interested in asking if rent was owed and completely disregarded the attack with, what we can all agree is a deadly weapon. Yeah, that’ll encourage medical professionals to stay in Ireland alright. Of course no arrests and nobody held accountable. Great little country.
Tenner bets the aul fella changed from Ulster Bank or KBC or whatever, forgot to tell his tenants and then decided it was the tenant’s fault when he couldn’t get the rent!
The Gardai are thinly veiled revenue protection for landlords!
It’s well known that attacking someone with a motorised saw is a civil matter….
In cloud cuckoo land.
It’s not a civil matter when someone tries to physically attack you, irrespective of the payment or not. Solicitors give clients many reasons to do or not do things, in the end the decision to act or not is the person involved. Lastly, racial abuse should not be tolerated whether from the landlord or the Gardai!
It’s mad how much Fine Gael and Fine Fail wanted to cry over a photoshopped painting last week and have no comment on this very terrifying situation. I imagine FF/FG spin doctors are working overtime in HQ tonight trying to frame this on Mary Lou somehow.
@Pat Barry: You must have only skimmed the article. The landlord switched bank accounts and didn’t inform the tenant of the new details, so of course when the tenant tried to pay, his payment bounced back and the landlord didn’t answer the phone. Couldn’t be any more cut and dry that the tenant has done nothing wrong.
Impressive show from our law enforcement agency
The rulebooks in this country need to be updated! Non stop drama with properties. Between prices, supply, tax and mortgage rules.. The lot of it stinks, and must be normalised.
Ballinasloe Circular Saw Massacre.
What a scuumbag landlord. What a useless response by the cops.
That sort of thing happens all the time here in Ireland. The Gardai have no interest. The jails would be full if everytime someone was attacked with a chainsaw they arrested the assailant. I’m somewhat surprised to see this story hitting the headlines. There must be an ulterior motive.
With the judges of this country, Garda has no point existing, they would release a mass murderers after a slap on the wrist.
@Yvon Queguiner: They let a guy in wanted buy interpol for 2 seriously offences, no problem!
@Pat Barry: Id i ot
There are some awful thick people in this country.
@Sylvia Power: Yadda, yadda, yadda.
@Pat Barry: go on away back to bed with yourself…
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