ICTU finds an unlikely tolls ally

THE Irish Congress of Trade Unions is heartened to see Senator Shane Ross give such enthusiastic backing to our call for the state to purchase the West Link toll bridge with a view to making it toll-free.

Having the good senator make common cause with Congress is certainly a new and somewhat unnerving experience but, for the sake of the common good, we are resolved to persevere.

Congress first drew attention to the serious problem of the M50 toll bridge in our pre-budget submission of October 2004.