Dublin's M50 is now clocking up 8 hours of rush hour traffic a day.
That's according to figures from Transport Infrastructure Ireland, outlined in today's Irish Independent.
The country's busiest motorway is said to be at the point of breakdown.
The number of vehicles travelling the route every day is up 6 thousand 3 hundred on last year's figure.
Morning peak levels are being recorded between 7 and 10 am, while in the evening rush hour now runs from 3 to 7.
