A Kerry County Councillor predicts many young people will start hitch-hiking due to rising petrol and diesel costs.
Independent councillor Jackie Healy-Rae described on Twitter how he came across a student thumbing for a lift between Tralee and Killarney yesterday.
Cllr Healy-Rae says the student told him he’d given up driving due to the soaring cost of fuel.
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Despite working in the evenings, the 19-year-old told Cllr Healy-Rae he couldn’t afford to fill his car to travel to work.
Jackie Healy-Rae says fuel costs are unaffordable in every sector of society, not just for young people.
