Thursday is the busiest day on the M50, with peak traffic times between 7am and 9am and 4pm and 6pm. “When public transport offerings increase and they become a choice for people, they will take it,” he says. “I’ve asked State agencies to work with us in identifying practical, deliverable solutions to tackle traffic congestion in Dublin,” he says. The Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) says the situation on the M50 is “getting worse on a monthly basis”. “We’ve known what 100 years of building roads and motorways and underinvesting in public transport has done in Ireland.

Source: The Irish Times March 14, 2026 15:02 UTC