IRHA welcomes McDaid's intervention in tunnel height row

The Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) has welcomed the intervention of Junior Minister Jim McDaid into the ongoing wrangle over the height of the Dublin Port Tunnel.

IRHA spokesman Jimmy Quinn said "the designers forgot to measure the height of the vehicles that are going to use it, which is a fundamental mistake."

He said the IRHA was "relieved" that Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Jim McDaid had promised to look at the height of the tunnel in the light of a survey being carried out to determine the height of trucks leaving the port.

The euro 450 million project is already three months behind schedule and another delay is sure to add to the eventual cost.