Insurance hikes may lead to job losses, warn hauliers

Urgent Government action is needed to tackle rising insurance costs or risk significant job losses in the transport industry.

Haulage operators are leaving Ireland “in droves”, opting for more competitive EU member states.

That was the message delivered yesterday to an Oireachtas joint committee on finance, public expenditure, and reform by Verona Murphy, the president of the Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA).