Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome our colleagues from BIPA, as a member of BIPA.

It is a long way to Tipperary. I spoke to the Minister the other evening and he told me he was progressing the bypass for Tipperary town and would love to come. I ask him on the floor of the Dáil to tar suas go dtí Tiobraid Árainn, come to Tipperary and meet the different groups there to get a better understanding of how the town is choked and business and ordinary living is difficult with trucks going through the town constantly. I appeal to him to come down and meet with the public representatives, the social groups and the task force that is doing so much work. We had two setbacks last week. The town needs a bypass to thrive and to be able to live again.

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