Plans to toll national routes to raise €500m ‘absurd’

A PLAN to introduce tolls on national routes has been branded absurd and a serious attack on rural Ireland.

Reducing the number of senior council officials in local authorities, increasing the fee for driving licences, and axing the “off-road” exemption for motor tax have also been mooted.

But motoring group AA said introducing a toll on non-motorway roads would be inefficient and costly.