Fresh threat to consumer prices as new Holyhead restrictions hammer hauliers with 25pc price rise

A restriction on unaccompanied truck trailers travelling on Irish Sea ferries out of Holyhead has caused a big jump in costs for Irish hauliers – and could push up the price of goods for Irish consumers too, it has been warned. Irish hauliers say freight costs on many loads have jumped as a consequence, by up to a €600 a trailer – as much as 25pc – for loads that are dropped at the quayside in Holyhead..