The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has rejected calls for the Government to buy out the West-link toll bridge on the M50 motorway in Dublin.

NTR today announced traffic figures increased 10% on the West-Link road in Dublin for the second quarter of 2004.

Labour Party leader Pat Rabbitte has called for gardaí to be posted on the M50 motorway in Dublin in an effort to alleviate chronic congestion.