Ahern: Restrictions may be placed on motorists in cities

RESTRICTIONS may have to be placed on motorists driving into the major cities such as Dublin and Cork in the years ahead, the Taoiseach indicated yesterday.

Mr Ahern said he did not mean congestion charges, but stated: “If we are serious about emissions, if we’re serious about congestion, then we can’t continue the way it’s been, that everybody drives from A to B regardless. I don’t think you can, particularly in Dublin and the cities [such as] Cork. You can’t go on operating with just no zones.”

The latter is understood to be a reference to the ban on heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) from Dublin city centre.