Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We all know the song "It is a long way to Tipperary". I know it was a British World War song. It is a long wait for the people of Tipperary town, muintir Thiobraid Árann, for the bypass and for some measures to alleviate the huge problem of mainly trucks congesting the town on a 24-7 basis. We had hopes with the then Minister, Eamon Ryan, that this section of the N24 would have been completed around Tipperary to give us a relief road but nothing happened. This has to be included in the national development plan. We have to get this relief road for Tipperary town for the sake of the chamber of commerce, the business people and ordinary people to live, work and play in the town. The volume of trucks going through it is unacceptable. It is impossible to maintain the street and to live on it with the noise and air pollution. Will the Taoiseach try to give a commitment that we will get this relief road for Tipperary town?

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