DUBLIN — 31 October 2026 — Nine of Ireland’s ten national toll roads get a car toll increase on 1 January. TII says the rise follows the toll bye-laws, which link tolls to the CPI inflation figure, 3.6% for August 2025 to August 2026. Tolls move in 10c steps, so the percentage on any one toll can be higher or lower than that.
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Car drivers with a tag or video account pay 10c more. Drivers with no account pay 20c more, which takes a trip to €4.00. A no-account trip now costs €1.30 more than a tag trip, up from €1.20.
| Vehicle | Tag | Video | No account |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars | €2.60 → €2.70 | €3.20 → €3.30 | €3.80 → €4.00 |
| Goods vehicles up to 2,000kg; buses and coaches | €3.60 → €3.70 | €4.20 → €4.40 | €4.90 → €5.00 |
| Goods vehicles 2,000kg to 10,000kg | €5.20 → €5.40 | €5.90 → €6.10 | €6.50 → €6.80 |
| Goods vehicles over 10,000kg | €6.50 → €6.80 | €7.20 → €7.40 | €7.80 → €8.10 |
As an illustration, take a commuter who passes the toll twice a day on 230 working days. That’s 460 trips, or €46 more a year with a tag and €92 more with no account. Over the year, the tag driver would pay €1,242 and the driver with no account €1,840.
Port Tunnel: only the morning peak moves
The €1 rise applies to one rate: southbound, Monday to Friday, 6am to 10am. That’s about 7%, roughly double the inflation figure, and it’s the fourth rise in four years. The evening peak northbound stays at €12, and every other time stays at €3.50.
| Car rate | To 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southbound, weekdays 6am–10am | €10 | €12 | €13 | €14 | €15 |
| Northbound, weekdays 4pm–7pm | €10 | €12 | €12 | €12 | €12 |
| All other times | €3 | €3.50 | €3.50 | €3.50 | €3.50 |
Someone using the tunnel southbound in the morning peak on 230 days a year would pay €3,450, which is €1,150 a year more than at the 2023 rate. HGVs stay toll-free.
Other toll roads
Cars go up 10c on most other roads, to €2.40. The M4 goes to €3.70. On the M3, cars stay at €1.80 and motorcycles at €0.90, while buses, LGVs and HGVs pay 10c more. TII lists these 2027 figures as maximums.
| Vehicle | M1, N6, M7/M8, M8, N18 Limerick Tunnel, N25 Waterford | M3 | M4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motorcycles | €1.20 → €1.30 | €0.90 (no change) | €1.80 → €1.90 |
| Cars | €2.30 → €2.40 | €1.80 (no change) | €3.60 → €3.70 |
| Buses, coaches and LGVs | €4.20 → €4.30 | €2.70 → €2.80 | €5.40 → €5.60 |
| HGVs, 2 and 3 axles | €5.90 → €6.10 | €3.60 → €3.70 | €7.10 → €7.40 |
| HGVs, 4 or more axles | €7.50 → €7.80 | €4.40 → €4.50 | €8.80 → €9.10 |
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If you miss the 8pm deadline the day after your trip, the first €4 penalty stays the same. The next two stages rise. The penalty after 14 days goes from €51 to €53, and the one after a further 56 days goes from €128 to €132.50.
EPC’s M50 page describes each stage as an additional penalty per journey. On that basis, one €4.00 no-account trip left unpaid through all three stages would come to €193.50 in 2027, up from €186.80. Our toll roads guide has the full process.
Where the money goes
TII says M50 and tunnel revenue makes a significant contribution to its budget for protecting and renewing the roads. On the other roads, tolls also repay the money the concession companies borrowed to build them, and pay for operations and maintenance.
Hauliers are not happy. RTÉ reports that Ger Hyland, president of the Irish Road Haulage Association, called the increase “price gouging”.
About these figures
All rates come from the tables TII published on 30 October 2026, with RTÉ’s report as a cross-check. The yearly totals are odo.ie’s own examples, not TII figures. Penalty stage wording is from EPC.
The current rates apply until 31 December. Our toll roads guide will move to the 2027 rates in January.
Tolls add up. See what yours cost.
odo.ie’s logbook records tolls and parking per trip, alongside fuel, servicing, NCT, motor tax and insurance. Solo free for 1 vehicle; Family €4/month for 3; Pro €8/month for 10.