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Should we remove tolling booths from all tolled roads?

Should we remove tolling booths from all tolled roads? My next guests things so and says it is "a...

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17.30 23 Apr 2026


Should we remove tolling booths from all tolled roads?


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Should we remove tolling booths from all tolled roads? My next guests things so and says it is "archaic" that trucks, buses, and cars are still being forced to stop, queue, and pay at toll booths. That’s according to Fianna Fail MEP for Ireland South, Cynthia Ní Mhurchú. The EU Transport Committee MEP said Ireland is behind its EU counterparts who have free-flow tolling systems and describes toll booths as outdated concepts that cause traffic delays, minor accidents, millions of euros in wasted diesel and millions of tonnes of carbon emissions.

Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, Fianna Fail MEP for Ireland South and member of the European Transport Committee joined Shane Coleman on the show to discuss.


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