Frank Feighan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish to come back on the issue of the Narrow Water bridge. When I chaired the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement when Senators Mary White and Terry Brennan were on that committee along with other members who are here, we spoke of and supported the crossing, but there was never talk of the southern relief road to bypass Newry. I will not say we are surprised but everybody was talking about the Narrow Water bridge and it seems the southern relief road to bypass Newry never came onto our radar. I am not causing trouble but I believe that if we could get the two projects going, that would be great. It is fascinating that we talk about the iconic North-South project which we all support, but there was never talk about the southern relief road to bypass Newry.