Tipperary TD raises concerns over safety on county's roads network following accidents

Tipperary TD Martin Browne has raised the issue of road safety with the Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan, in light of an increased number of tragedies across the country, and especially in Tipperary.

The Sinn Féin TD said that he told Minister Ryan that the N24 was known for its accident blackspots and for infrastructural shortcomings.

“This makes the need for the progression of the N24 project all the more important. I made this point to the Minister, while I also relayed to him the warning given by Transport Infrastructure Ireland that delaying the Cahir/Limerick Junction bypass could have consequences for road safety that can’t be countenanced,” he said.

“That is why I highlighted the need to fulfill this aspect of the project and to ensure funding to progress the current N24 project stages (both east and west) is available for the sake of all the towns and villages it goes through, and that the habit of needlessly withholding funding is stopped," said Deputy Browne.

Deputy Browne said that he also raised the dissatisfaction locally with the exclusion of the Thurles bypass from the NDP with the Minister as well as the accidents witnessed on the Roscrea bypass at Tullaskeagh.