Hauliers will decide today whether to make good on their threats to withdraw their services from the public.

HAULIERS have vowed to make the impact of rising fuel costs an election issue unless politicians engage in negotiations to address the issue as a matter of urgency.

The Government has today been urged to scrap road tax for heavy goods vehicles in favour of a 'pay as you go' charge for the entire national road network.

Hauliers are meeting the Junior Transport Minister later to discuss issues which they say have put 200 trucking firms out of business in the past year.

Hauliers say the Government's plans for a carbon tax are "misguided" and not enough is being done to stimulate growth of an alternative fuel industry here.

HAULIERS have decided to call off their threat of a campaign of “civil disobedience” in protest at the new barrier-free scheme on the M50, which comes into effect this Saturday.

HAULIERS are to decide tomorrow if they will boycott tolls on the M50 barrier-free scheme, which begins next Saturday.

Truckers are meeting officials from the Department of Transport this morning to discuss measures to help them cope with rising fuel prices.

Road hauliers are threatening to park up their vehicles at the end of this month because of rising fuel costs.

Hauliers are warning that impending fuel price increases could cripple Irish industry and damage the economy.

Hauliers scaled back their protest on the M50 and at Dublin Port this morning but commuters were still warned of major traffic disruption in the rush-hour.

Hauliers are calling for the Government to reconsider its plans to impose new restrictions on the height of trailers

Dublin City Council has formally unveiled a plan to restrict large trucks from entering the city centre.

UP to 6,000 motorists who were expected to use the new Fermoy bypass in Co Cork every day are instead pouring through Watergrasshill, Rathcormac and Fermoy.

Dublin City Council has reportedly agreed to allow trucks to use the East-Link toll bridge free of charge once the Dublin Port Tunnel opens next month.

ROAD hauliers have warned of industrial action over controversial plans by the government to place a limit on the height of lorries operating in Ireland.

The Dublin Port Tunnel will open in April, a senior engineer on the project insisted today.

The grounding of four Irish Ferries ships could start hitting Irish manufacturing jobs within a fortnight, it was claimed today.

Road hauliers today vowed to fight any attempts to prevent so-called "super-trucks" in Ireland after a European court ruling overturning a ban on heavy lorries in an Austrian region reignited the debate.

The Irish Road Haulage Association has criticised the Taoiseach's call for "super trucks" to be banned from Ireland.

A trucking company based in Mayo and Dublin has threatened to organise a major national protest over the amount of taxation on diesel and petrol.

THE Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) has warned of serious disruption in the haulage sector, because some transport managers and companies are refusing to pay additional charges due to rising fuel costs.

Irish road hauliers have said the Government must not delay its promise to introduce an electronic system of paying for toll roads.

AN Irishman has been accused of attempting to smuggle cannabis worth tens of millions of euro hidden in a tanker full of sand which was stopped on the French border.

IRISH hauliers vowed yesterday to fight any future ban on high-sided vehicles on the country’s roads after Transport Minister Martin Cullen said the height of the Dublin Port Tunnel would not be altered for safety reasons and because of time constraints.

Hauliers are demanding a place at the discussion table of the Minister for Transport’s forthcoming road safety summit.

Truck drivers who transport waste without a special permit could have their licences revoked.

HAULIERS have given up on trying to have the height of the Dublin Port Tunnel raised to accommodate super trucks carrying goods from Britain.

Hauliers are welcoming remarks made by IBEC calling the proposed Government ban on high cubic vehicles as unnecessary.

Militant action by lorry drivers is inevitable unless fuel prices are lowered, TDs were warned today.

The Oireachtas committee on enterprise and small business has invited the Irish Road Haulage Association to a special meeting next week to discuss rising fuel prices.

Road hauliers are to take to the streets of Dublin today in protest at rising fuel prices.

Hauliers have been asked to ensure that their drivers refrain from parking large trucks and lorries in residential housing estates.

A ONE-DAY strike by 2,500 SIPTU workers affected Dairygold businesses throughout the country yesterday.

Hauliers are seeking a meeting with the Minister for Transport, Seamus Brennan, over his comments that trucks that are too large for the Port Tunnel.

A group of hauliers are set to meet later tonight to discuss how to combat rising insurance and fuel prices, which they say are forcing them out of business.

HAULIERS have warned the government they will not stand for any special levy on fuel to pay for a massive shortfall in the national roads budget.

Hauliers have slammed the 5p increase on a litre of fuel from midnight, and have called a meeting for the weekend.