Work on the Carrickmines section of Dublin’s M50 motorway will remain halted while a court decides if emergency legislation allowing it to go ahead is constitutional.

Work on the controversial Carrickmines section of Dublin’s M50 motorway stopped today until a High Court hearing into its constitutionality begins next week.

The High Court could halt work tomorrow on the controversial section of Dublin’s M50 motorway pending an injunction hearing.

FRANTIC efforts were being made last night to stop a haemorrhage of taxpayers’ money after the completion of the country’s biggest road project was stonewalled by the Supreme Court.

Work on a crucial section of Dublin’s M-50 motorway, designed to beat the capital’s chronic traffic congestion, again faced delays today after a ruling by the Supreme Court.

Campaigners trying to save the medieval Carrickmines castle site in south Dublin will return to the courts today.