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CLICK '>' OR 'NEXT' FOR NEXT PHOTO (Full write-up below / All pics by Joe Cashin) A massive crowd of almost 500 people gathered in South Kilkenny on Monday to demand immediate safety measures on a stretch of the N25 road that has claimed 12 lives in 20 years — leaving many more injured, bereaved and traumatised. One of the meeting attendees lost her beloved aunt in a road traffic accident at the very entrance to the hotel where the meeting was held. A question she posed, and a question undoubtedly on the mind of many others in attendance, was: “When is something actually going to be done?” READ MORE: Kilkenny hurler playing his part in helping community fight against crime News had broken before the meeting yesterday from TDs John McGuinness and party colleague Peter ‘Chap’ Cleere that Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien 'intends to fund the project next year to complete the route selection on this road'. Despite this development, the meeting heard from Kilkenny County Council’s Chief Executive Lar Power that even with this confirmation, the completion of any new road would be at least six years away, and that’s with ‘a good wind behind it’. N25 Road Safety committee campaigner Bernie Mullally said that ‘the people present here carry the trauma’ and stated that the committee is ‘angry and upset’ that they had to ‘fight and lobby’ for this ‘long overdue investment’. READ NEXT: We're all still in shock: Kilkenny family left heartbroken after fatal attack Fellow committee member PJ Griffin told those in attendance that he ‘witnessed firsthand a near fatal accident at Ballinclare junction’. “My own mother prayed with a victim dying in their car,” he added. Mr Griffin directed criticism at Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), who are responsible for the planning, supervision, safety, maintenance, and operation of the national roads network in Ireland, which includes both national primary and national secondary roads. SEE ALSO: Kilkenny motorists to face diversions
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CLICK '>' OR 'NEXT' FOR NEXT PHOTO (Full write-up below / All pics by Joe Cashin) A massive crowd of almost 500 people gathered in South Kilkenny on Monday to demand immediate safety measures on a stretch of the N25 road that has claimed 12 lives in 20 years — leaving many more injured, bereaved and traumatised. One of the meeting attendees lost her beloved aunt in a road traffic accident at the very entrance to the hotel where the meeting was held. A question she posed, and a question undoubtedly on the mind of many others in attendance, was: “When is something actually going to be done?” READ MORE: Kilkenny hurler playing his part in helping community fight against crime News had broken before the meeting yesterday from TDs John McGuinness and party colleague Peter ‘Chap’ Cleere that Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien 'intends to fund the project next year to complete the route selection on this road'. Despite this development, the meeting heard from Kilkenny County Council’s Chief Executive Lar Power that even with this confirmation, the completion of any new road would be at least six years away, and that’s with ‘a good wind behind it’. N25 Road Safety committee campaigner Bernie Mullally said that ‘the people present here carry the trauma’ and stated that the committee is ‘angry and upset’ that they had to ‘fight and lobby’ for this ‘long overdue investment’. READ NEXT: We're all still in shock: Kilkenny family left heartbroken after fatal attack Fellow committee member PJ Griffin told those in attendance that he ‘witnessed firsthand a near fatal accident at Ballinclare junction’. “My own mother prayed with a victim dying in their car,” he added. Mr Griffin directed criticism at Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), who are responsible for the planning, supervision, safety, maintenance, and operation of the national roads network in Ireland, which includes both national primary and national secondary roads. SEE ALSO: Kilkenny motorists to face diversions
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CLICK '>' OR 'NEXT' FOR NEXT PHOTO (Full write-up below / All pics by Joe Cashin) A massive crowd of almost 500 people gathered in South Kilkenny on Monday to demand immediate safety measures on a stretch of the N25 road that has claimed 12 lives in 20 years — leaving many more injured, bereaved and traumatised. One of the meeting attendees lost her beloved aunt in a road traffic accident at the very entrance to the hotel where the meeting was held. A question she posed, and a question undoubtedly on the mind of many others in attendance, was: “When is something actually going to be done?” READ MORE: Kilkenny hurler playing his part in helping community fight against crime News had broken before the meeting yesterday from TDs John McGuinness and party colleague Peter ‘Chap’ Cleere that Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien 'intends to fund the project next year to complete the route selection on this road'. Despite this development, the meeting heard from Kilkenny County Council’s Chief Executive Lar Power that even with this confirmation, the completion of any new road would be at least six years away, and that’s with ‘a good wind behind it’. N25 Road Safety committee campaigner Bernie Mullally said that ‘the people present here carry the trauma’ and stated that the committee is ‘angry and upset’ that they had to ‘fight and lobby’ for this ‘long overdue investment’. READ NEXT: We're all still in shock: Kilkenny family left heartbroken after fatal attack Fellow committee member PJ Griffin told those in attendance that he ‘witnessed firsthand a near fatal accident at Ballinclare junction’. “My own mother prayed with a victim dying in their car,” he added. Mr Griffin directed criticism at Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), who are responsible for the planning, supervision, safety, maintenance, and operation of the national roads network in Ireland, which includes both national primary and national secondary roads. SEE ALSO: Kilkenny motorists to face diversions
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CLICK '>' OR 'NEXT' FOR NEXT PHOTO (Full write-up below / All pics by Joe Cashin) A massive crowd of almost 500 people gathered in South Kilkenny on Monday to demand immediate safety measures on a stretch of the N25 road that has claimed 12 lives in 20 years — leaving many more injured, bereaved and traumatised. One of the meeting attendees lost her beloved aunt in a road traffic accident at the very entrance to the hotel where the meeting was held. A question she posed, and a question undoubtedly on the mind of many others in attendance, was: “When is something actually going to be done?” READ MORE: Kilkenny hurler playing his part in helping community fight against crime News had broken before the meeting yesterday from TDs John McGuinness and party colleague Peter ‘Chap’ Cleere that Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien 'intends to fund the project next year to complete the route selection on this road'. Despite this development, the meeting heard from Kilkenny County Council’s Chief Executive Lar Power that even with this confirmation, the completion of any new road would be at least six years away, and that’s with ‘a good wind behind it’. N25 Road Safety committee campaigner Bernie Mullally said that ‘the people present here carry the trauma’ and stated that the committee is ‘angry and upset’ that they had to ‘fight and lobby’ for this ‘long overdue investment’. READ NEXT: We're all still in shock: Kilkenny family left heartbroken after fatal attack Fellow committee member PJ Griffin told those in attendance that he ‘witnessed firsthand a near fatal accident at Ballinclare junction’. “My own mother prayed with a victim dying in their car,” he added. Mr Griffin directed criticism at Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), who are responsible for the planning, supervision, safety, maintenance, and operation of the national roads network in Ireland, which includes both national primary and national secondary roads. SEE ALSO: Kilkenny motorists to face diversions