Motorists on Dublin’s M50 will be paying tolls fees for at least another 30 years, the Dáil heard today.

The opening of the Dublin Port Tunnel is reportedly set to cause significant extra congestion on the already gridlocked M50 motorway.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday denied the Government has decided to put multiple electronic tolling points in place along the M50 ring road in Dublin after it bought out the Westlink toll bridge.

Transport Minister Martin Cullen turned the sod on an upgrade of the notorious M50 today signalling over two years of traffic disruption for motorists.

A Dublin man appeared at a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court today in connection with the discovery of a bomb in a car at the Westlink toll bridge on Thursday night.

SECURITY authorities have expressed concern at growing links between dissident republicans and violent drug gangs in Dublin after a bomb was discovered in a car on the M50 motorway on Thursday night.

THE removal of barriers from tolls booths at the Westlink Toll Bridge on the M50 motorway will not happen for at least another five years, it emerged yesterday.

THE upgrading of the M50 ring road around Dublin will only create a massive car park, the Green Party warned yesterday.

The upgrading of the M50 ring road around Dublin will only create a massive car park, the Green Party warned today.

The National Roads Authority is considering a buy-out of the controversial Westlink toll bridge in Dublin.

THE National Roads Authority (NRA) is to make recommendations to the Government on how to reduce congestion on the M50 around Dublin.

The National Roads Authority confirmed it is in talks with the Government in a bid to buy up the Westlink Toll Bridge, it emerged tonight.

NATIONAL Toll Roads is set to earn over €1 billion in revenue from its contract to operate the Westlink toll bridge on the M50 in Dublin up to 2020, even though it cost the company only €38 million to construct.