Tailbacks on the M50 south bound lane stretching from the Airport junction to the toll bridge. Photograph: Alan BetsonThere is no “quick fix solution” for worsening traffic congestion along Dublin’s M50 traffic artery, Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien has said, conceding that journeys on the motorway can be “tiresome and frustrating”. [ M50 congestion can only be fixed through Government policy change, says TIIOpens in new window ]“Where there are alternatives, [people] will use public transport because it’s affordable. However, he conceded there was no quick fix for the M50, “other than the investment which we’re putting in between now and the end of this decade alone, of just short of €25 billion euro in transport projects. They’re really critical.”[ Drivers to face higher tolls on M50 and Dublin Port Tunnel from JanuaryOpens in new window ]

Source: The Irish Times December 05, 2025 04:36 UTC