One driver amassed more than 600 unpaid journeys on the country's busiest motorway, Judge Anthony Halpin heard on Monday.

Judge Martin Nolan said it was lucky there were no collisions as a result of the incident

€34 million was collected from the M50 tolls in the first two months of this year. 

At Dublin District Court on Monday, Judge Anthony Halpin said he had to send a message out.

Today marks the third day of demonstrations against what protestors say is Government inaction on the fuel crisis

Richard Guiney told Newstalk’s Claire Byrne show that while he had sympathy for everybody in the current circumstances, businesses were also facing large energy price increases.

Parts of Wexford and Waterford have been hit badly by flooding as Storm Chandra hits Ireland

Garda Neil Doyle of Dundrum station denies careless driving causing serious injury to a Brazilian delivery man whose leg was severed at the M50

The Dublin Port Tunnel toll will increase by €1 for southbound traffic between 6am and 10am on weekday mornings.

Images posted online show a bin lorry on fire on the southbound carriageway of the M50 on the Westlink Bridge near the toll.

Last week, Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien said that "there isn’t a quick fix solution for the M50".

The Minister for Transport said the road is carrying 150,000 cars a day.

The incident occurred around 1.30 am in the morning in March 2023 after gardaí noticed the Dublin man (44) driving his Jaguar car in a suspicious manner, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard on Friday.

On the M50, all categories of vehicles will experience an increase, except for unregistered motor cars without a tag or video account.

The M50 is the most heavily used road in the country with close to 150,000 vehicles travelling several sections on an average day.

João Henrique Ferreira, 24, who had lived in Ireland for five years, had been assisting friends in locating a stolen bicycle when the incident allegedly occurred on a slip road to the motorway in Tallaght, Dublin.

In total 70 vehicles were seized by the sheriff in 2024 through the civil process in the courts.

Following the collision, a man in his 20s was arrested and has now being charged.

An internal presentation from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) said that light rail would be a key part of public transport in the capital for the future and plans for new lines should be accelerated.

Over the duration of the weekend, an average of over 100,000 vehicles travelled on the M50 daily, while some 370,000 passengers travelled through Dublin Airport between Friday and Sunday alone.

TII logged 401 times when a motorist had a flat tyre or one of their tyres blew out while they were driving.

In particular, gardaí are appealing to any road users who may have camera footage, including dashcam

Christian (51) was originally from Denmark but had been living in Ireland for years, most recently in Kilmeaney, Carlow

The collision happened southbound between Junction 6 Blanchardstown and Junction 7 Lucan/Palmerstown.

€211 million was made at the toll in 2024, up nearly 11 per cent on the previous year.

It is understood the driver of the car was the female garda who has been suspended

It happened on the M50 near Finglas when two gardaí, a man and a woman, responded to a single car crash.

Michael Casey, 28, was charged with 17 counts of dangerous driving during the alleged chase from St Aidan's Church, Tallaght, to Woodhaven Golf Club, Bray, Co. Wicklow, on Saturday afternoon.

Emergency services are responding to two crashes on the M50.

The highest was imposed on a woman with a record of 485 unpaid tolls on Ireland's busiest motorway.

The incident involving a lorry and a motorcycle happened shortly after 10am on the northbound carriageway of the M50 between Junction 7 (N4 Liffey Valley) and Junction 6 (N3 Castleknock).

A male motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene

Armed gardaí carried out a containment operation on the m50 last night after getting information from the PSNI about a suspected kidnapping in Belfast.

Gardaí are aware that images and video of this incident are being shared on social media and messaging applications.

Dublin Fire Brigade responded to the collision near junction 9 on the southbound M50 on Tuesday morning.

A number of motorists gave evidence of what they noticed that day while they were driving along the M50.

Gerry Daly (57) has pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of Jacqueline Griffin (39) on the M50 in 2019

The man, aged in his early 40s, was arrested at the scene