Toll Charge Increase from 1st January 2026
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Following the application of the relevant CPI inflation figure for August 2024 to August 2025 of 2%, certain toll rates chargeable across the eight PPP and two TII toll roads (M50, Dublin Port Tunnel) on the National Road Network will increase from 1st January 2026.
The Board of TII approved these increases in tolls for 2026, for Dublin Port Tunnel and the M50 and confirmed the contractual agreement to the increase in tolls for the eight PPP Toll schemes.
On M50 all categories of vehicles will experience an increase, except for unregistered motor cars without a tag or video account. All other categories will increase by 10 cent. Heavy goods vehicles exceeding 10,000kg holding a video account will have 20 cent increase on M50.
On PPP toll roads most car tolls are unaffected, with only users of M4 Kilcock to Kinnegad and M3 Clonee to Kells motorway affected by 10 cent increase. Goods vehicles on all toll concessions roads will be impacted by a 10 cent increase. There is 20 cent increase on HGV’s of more than 3,500kg having 4 axels or more on the M4 Kilcock to Kinnegad motorway.
Dublin Port Tunnel will see an increase of €1 for southbound traffic at AM peak (Monday to Friday, 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.) which will see the toll rise from €13 to €14. The object of this toll increase is to preserve capacity for HGVs, as Non-HGV traffic continued to increase in 2025 during peak periods. HGV’s and Buses are exempt from paying tolls at the Dublin Port Tunnel. All other tolls at Dublin Port Tunnel remain unchanged for 2026.
There are ten toll roads on the National Road Network. Eight are operated under a “Public Private Partnership” (PPP) model and two are operated directly on behalf of Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), namely M50-eFLow barrier free toll, and the Dublin Port Tunnel.
The level of tolls charged on the National Road Network is regulated through an inflation (CPI) adjustment mechanism as set out in the Toll Bye-Laws, which means tolls can’t go above inflation, thus the terminology of “Maximum Allowable Toll”.
The tolling income collected by TII on M50 and Dublin Port Tunnel is combined with Exchequer funding to pay for TII’s annual protection and renewal of national roads. Operation, maintenance and lifecycle costs of the tolled sections of the motorway is funded by tolling income collected by eight PPP Co’s.
M50 Toll:
CPI increased by 2% between August 2024 and August 2025 and this increase has resulted in an increase in the tolls chargeable for users of the M50 as set out in Table 1. VAT is not applicable to the M50 Tolls.
Table 1 M50 Applicable Tolls 2026
Public Private Tolls Toll Concessionaires (PPP): Eight PPP toll concessionaires throughout country.
Table 2 PPP Concession Appropriate Tolls
Dublin Tunnel
The tolling arrangements at the Dublin Port Tunnel are intended to manage demand at peak times and ensure that HGV movements to and from Dublin Port are not impeded with additional traffic and congestion (HGV’s travel toll-free through the Dublin Port Tunnel). As set out above, given increased levels of traffic using Dublin Port Tunnel during the AM southbound peak, TII is increasing tolls during these peak hours for citybound traffic from €13 to €14. Off-peak charges remain unchanged since 2024.
Table 3 Dublin Port Tunnel Appropriate Tolls 2026
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