Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I very much appreciate the Tánaiste's help and perhaps he will come back to me when he can after he has further discussions. I have been pursuing this matter for some time and I want to be able to say to the local community that central government and the statutory agencies, working with the Executive in the North and its statutory agencies, will do everything they can.

As other public representatives did, I received communication from an individual who wrote that his daughter was travelling back to her home when, on the Clones-Cavan concession road, a rally car did a doughnut in the middle of the road watched by many spectators. She did not know this was going on full-time on the Border, mainly on the Northern side, and it was touch and go in regard to being a tragedy. It left her shaken and scared on such a long journey. That type of comment has been expressed to me on numerous occasions. We want every possible measure put in place to prevent any tragedy or accident.

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