{"id":231825,"date":"2026-01-07T06:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T06:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/231825\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T06:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T06:30:09","slug":"ministers-defend-m50-toll-hike-despite-mounting-criticism-it-is-no-longer-fit-for-purpose-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/231825\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministers defend M50 toll hike despite mounting criticism it is no longer fit for purpose &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiaEFVX3lxTE5OM203cHZjZ0MzZFNCOWNkRHZrSW1Sb3BIcHdGMUtFTjZEbzl6R1JqMEVnT3lFcVFYN3hyUVJFbFMtbjl0SE9XN1ZjMHl6Ylc3MWtPSWJ1ZzI1d3ZXckR1MmlvZHl2ZEVl?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ministers defend M50 toll hike despite mounting criticism it is no longer fit for purpose<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6gFBVV95cUxOUDdROWNOcWpDNEREeTBPY1JUSTBBTmoyZXNhdmt0cUFDUFp6R0FSbDJtbG9ILTU1S0xoYm9qemlINUh6bUNBWjM4WjlhZUdHSEdWOEpuZ1I2ZHg4Tl9yRl9lUGJndjBKS3FUZW9CeFBwMWdCdDZnVE80Tm44RllFRUYwT0JhdkRvTTVWVmdmZFJFOVhOek41YjRSQXJVZ3ROMDE3eUFOUENyMEhmOFdhRE91dXVJbXZHMmwtbnlZbE00MGtyU0d2VlMxRFR4LWJLWUV1NGlGUnpiMmZNTjMxR09RYmI3QTE3ZEE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Number of crashes increases on \u2018maxed-out\u2019 M50 motorway, as transport authority issues capacity warning<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxQWlhzbGlPYVYxRm9vLUVMaVZpWHZha0lXMXRTUUZFZEdEZm1YTnN2RTdXM1RkN19LejdnajIydW5zbllPQW1FcUR5WWxUbFRMX0J0d1BFeWpDY0dBazE3LXk0dmE1WV9yLXlrZkNuSFNFZV9hblFWUi1NbG9yNERaWEJ1TWFzVllkSU5LaDBWNG5QREV0em9JWUk0Mkp0Um90ZzlsYnAxekRVODctU0hDdFBQR0xwZGlBbWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Listen Back: Local senator hits out at cost of toll charges<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NorthernSound<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxQa2VPV3FWQ1o2a291NUVkeEVoanFLQWN1dThuTlZRSTdLeGNfdG9mNkFJcmd0ZGFacmhCLV9qRWFUS2M3M21HaDdWcEtFdDZXbHM3ejFfbUlSX2x3N2MweGtSR3RFTmFKdm5mZ2lxRDg1Z0R1X3BCN3p5Z0pWbjI2OUh0ZWhJbi1HNDFSSjlzbHNjbnh4bHJWZG5JNkNDWGl3QkZhVkhfV3hYVUVLMFhKM19TRUE1UXBfX3hqRHVpMGxVSkU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tipperary county councillor hits out at imposition of new toll charges<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Tipperary Live<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxOeFNNb2FuMldkclRaczZvYU44SENtNC1Zc00zU0F6a0w1WHRfZkN1Y09jTVhPNUxjVXNZS2Nfa1c1U1IwWjZvU3NaOUFtUGpZZ1NRSXozLWdMMTF0NHVSLXYwNHFGSVFGT25MalJ5dTFFQUYyR2pMYm55UEhoQ1VzY3BCc1NyWHhQdGY2U0diUFlJZlk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Commuters frustrated as toll hikes come into effect<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;FM104<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ministers defend M50 toll hike despite mounting criticism it is no longer fit for purpose&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalNumber of crashes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[118483,42,69197,43,16206,118484,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-231825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-commuter-nightmare","tag-headlines","tag-m50","tag-news","tag-roads","tag-toll-hikes","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}