Traffic disruption on the cards this Autumn as more than 80,000 eFlow tags to be shut off

Almost 80,000 customers could face travel disruption in the coming months as the row over the eFlow tags looks likely to see customer's tags become obsolete at three different toll roads in the country.

A contracts dispute between Transport Infrastructure Ireland- the group which operates the eFlow service- and the Celtic Roads Group- the group which operates the tolls on some of the country's roads- means that thousands of people will have their tags switched off at some stations.

The Celtic Roads Group operate toll stations on three motorways, and tags will no longer works on those routes on September 1 when the contract between the two operators is over.

The toll stations involved are the M7/M8 near Portlaoise, the M25 Waterford bypass and the M1 at Drogheda. Customers with tags will not be able to approach the barriers and expect them to go up anymore, instead they will have to pay with cash. The switch off will happen at the end of August.