More female lorry drivers among goals in road haulage plan

“We need to be modernising the sector, moving to a lower-emission sector but also ensuring that we are making the career to be a HGV driver more attractive for people to take it up.”

Improved conditions, it is hoped, will come from the creation of distribution hubs or “consolidation centres” – similar to An Post’s distribution centre in Portlaoise – allowing drivers to distribute goods more effectively and take HGVs out of city centres. Harsh Brexit impact last April for lorry drivers: In the UK more than 2,000 lorries were stuck in a 20-mile long queue to get to the Port of Dover, due to disruption to ferry services and customs operations, resulting from the P&O Ferries fallout and customs disruptions. Video: Reuters

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