Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, makes good soundings when it comes to a bypass or relief road for Tipperary town. This is on the route, as the Taoiseach knows, from Foynes in Limerick to Rosslare. While we got €2 million this year to progress that from Cahir to Pallasgreen, that is only at the design stage and going to planning. We need a ring road for Tipperary town. The traffic every day is choking the town. It is killing the businesses. It is so bad for people's health as well, given the fumes being belched out. It would be good if we could even get the trucks out of it. Nice statements and commitments are no good. This is going on for ever and ever. God knows when we will see the motorway, the 2+1, or whatever they build. We need to get the trucks and passing traffic out of the town to allow the commerce, business and the enjoyment of the lovely town get back to normal. At the moment it is all traffic and it is a desperate situation.

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