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Full coverage: Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Covid-19 toll: A €100m cost to the state and a central motorway link on the brink of default

Analysis of official traffic data and results from private toll road operators paint a grim financial picture. Another private operator is in serious financial trouble, while the taxpayer is shouldering most of the sector’s continuing pandemic burden.

Thomas Hubert
24th Nov, 2021 - 5 min read

Toll road companies continue to report Covid-19 revenue hits. State contracts continue to protect their bottom lines

DirectRoute lost €8.4m in toll revenue from Cork and Limerick motorways last year as travel restrictions hit traffic. Taxpayers have covered more than half of it for the benefit of its overseas investors.

Thomas Hubert
29th Sep, 2021 - 2 min read

The Queallys and motorway companies made millions last year. Too much of it came from taxpayers

From wage subsidy schemes to public-private partnerships, recently filed accounts show that some companies have benefited handsomely from state handouts triggered by the pandemic – whether they needed them or not.

Thomas Hubert
29th Jul, 2021 - 6 min read

Bypass merger: Creditors to vote on N25 toll road shake-up

The Waterford toll road has underperformed since it opened in 2009 as a public-private partnership. Now it has new owners and wants creditors to write down millions in secured debt.

Francesca Comyn
5th Jul, 2021 - 2 min read
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