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Wednesday 4 August 2021
It has been ten years since the Toll Trolls topped the Christmas charts.
Yes, that’s Kel from Kenan and Kel.
The simple pleasures that were taken from our lives one by one.
Skins was basically just Jacqueline Wilson for teens.
And some other bizarre Irish celebrity happenings from over the years.
Don’t think Jon Snow wore a medallion and flares though.
The hashtag is three years old, so there is only one thing to do.
From befriending Tom Cruise to stealing each other’s outfits, our politicians have done it all.
LAST WEEK, THE Oireachtas budgetary oversight committee recommended that the Government examine the introduction of congestion charges to help pay for the cost of climate change.
In 2003, London introduced a £5 levy for driving into a relatively small area of central London between 7am and 6.30pm on weekdays, with exemptions for taxis, emergency vehicles and people living inside the zone.
Aside from some supposedly temporary pandemic tightening, the scheme remains the same in its essentials today and is widely hailed as a success.
Pete Lunn, head of the Behavioural Research Unit at the Economic and Social Research Institute, said it is “incontrovertible” that these charges are an effective way to reduce congestion.
So today we’re asking: Should Ireland bring in congestion charges?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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