ALERT: Popular Tipperary road to be closed nightly for a number of days


Be advised!
Tipperary County Council has announced that is going to close the R494 from the junction at the R496-13 (Roolagh) to the Birdhill roundabout in county Tipperary.
The closure will be nightly from 8pm to 5am commencing from Thursday, October 10 to Sunday, October 20, 2024.
Traffic travelling from Birdhill will be diverted via the R-445-8 and then take a left onto the R-496-0 at Ayrestown towards Ballina.
Traffic travelling from Ballina will be diverted via the R-496-13/0.
Traffic will then take a right onto the R-445-8 towards Birdhill village.
Diversions will be clearly signposted.
Local access will be facilitated.
The reason for the closure is to facilitate road re-surfacing works.