From 1 January 2024, tolls on ten routes across the country will increase in Ireland

In Ireland, from January 1, most tolls increased by 20 per cent per journey and heavy goods vehicle tolls increased by 30 to 50 per cent per journey.

This will be the second toll hike in a year after toll charges on most of the country's national road networks were hiked in July.

Tolls on ten routes across the country will increase in the year 2024. Tolls for cars on the M1, M7, M8, N6, N25 and N18 Limerick Tunnel in Waterford range from 20c to €2.30. In M3, it rose 10c to €1.70. Cars on the M4 rise by 20c to €3.40.

On the M50, toll rates increase by 20 to 40 per cent, depending on the type of vehicle and whether drivers use toll tags and video accounts or are unregistered. For example, an unregistered car may pay a toll of €3.70 but a driver with a tag will only pay €2.50.

Tolls for the Dublin Tunnel will increase by €2.00 per car during peak hours, a move Transport Infrastructure Ireland said was aimed at protecting "the capacity of heavy goods vehicles entering the Port of Dublin".

TII said the increase was based on an annualized inflation rate of 6.3 percent recorded at the end of August.