Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Tánaiste will be well aware of the situation in Tipperary town regarding a bypass of the town. I understand the review of the national development plan is under way and is due in the coming days. We dearly need to have funding in there for a relief road for the town - a bypass or else as part of the N24 project. We need to relieve the town.

The Jobs4Tipp and March4Tipp campaigns, along with the County Tipperary Chamber and everybody else, brought 5,000 people onto the streets nearly two years ago. They need to see this. The town is congested. It cannot thrive. The task force is doing great work but we need to relieve the town of the trucks and let the town breathe and live.

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