Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am raising the issue of the bypass of Tipperary town again. People there need to be able to live and breathe. Given the traffic to and from Rosslare because of Brexit it will be vital. I know it is the desire of the Minister, and again today in the House he stated he prefers smaller bypasses of towns, and we are on the one page. I thank him for his engagement with the people of Tipperary town and the various groups. I beg him to insist the inner relief road on the footprint of the N24 Pallasgreen to Cahir road be done first or else put in place a simple bypass or relief road. The people there cannot live the way it is. They cannot breathe or cross the street. It is terrible. There are very good business people and community people in Tipperary town and they want to be able to do business and have a reasonable modicum of a decent lifestyle. Will the Minister please keep engaging with them to try to get the bypass for Tipperary town?

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