Delays in the capital have increased by 17 per cent in a year, causing Dublin to jump four places in the global ranking.

Simon Harris was explaining why he was against adopting a new strategy developed by Green Party minister Eamon Ryan aimed at tackling congestion.

The North's Infrastructure Minister dealt with a number of questions in the Assembly from MLAs who complained about ‘traffic chaos’ in Belfast.

The report from the Department of Transport found annual average daily traffic on the M50 in 2022 was 106,000 – just down from its pre-pandemic level