Cash-shy system is taking its toll

HAS anyone else experienced difficulties paying the M50 toll charge by cash?

Imagine you are a visitor from overseas arriving at Dublin airport and travelling to Cork. You search around for somewhere to pay the toll.

When you find the newsagents, you are told: “Sorry, you have to pay after you have used the M50 — eFlow’s systems aren’t up to letting you pay for it in advance. You’ll have to find somewhere to pay in Cork. I’ve no idea where you have to go down there to pay, but good luck. You’ll need to check that out on the web. Remember you’ve got 24 hours to do that.”