Councillor outraged by limo plan for Dublin bus lanes

A Labour councillor in Dublin has expressed outrage at plans to allow limousines use the city's bus lanes.

The Taxi Regulator wants the Department of Transport to allow the stretch vehicles drive down lanes currently reserved for buses and taxis.

The city council's transport committee meets this afternoon to discuss the idea and pass on its views.

Labour's Andrew Montague says he will be expressing strong opposition to the move, saying bus lanes should be used to keep the city moving, not to facilitate people "taking up road space in massive limousines".