Plans to ban motorists from city centre

MOTORISTS could be banned from driving through the heart of Dublin under radical new plans, it emerged yesterday.

Only buses and taxis would be allowed to use roads around College Green such as O’Connell Street, Westmoreland Street and Dame Street if the scheme gets government backing.

Oireachtas transport committee chairman Frank Fahey TD revealed the plan could be in place by next April. Other cities such as Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford are also likely, after that date, to make moves to ban private cars from key central arteries.