Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Tá spiorad iontach ag na daoine in Tipperary, daoine óga agus daoine aosta. It is a wonderful town with wonderful people. It has got many knocks over the years but there are many community and voluntary associations in the town. I could name them. They include Knockanrawley Resource Centre, the Canon Hayes Recreation Centre and the MooreHaven Centre. There are also sporting clubs, which is huge. All the people want is to get the heavy traffic amach as an baile, out of the town, and let normal traffic and normal commerce take place. Let the people work, live and play in the town. Is mór an t-áthas atá orm chun an bypass sin a fháil ar son na ndaoine i dTiobraid Árann. We must look at this model. As I said, it was done. I happened to be the Cathaoirleach of a county council the day the Cashel bypass opened. We did that on the footprint of the N8. We came along with the M8 and linked both sections of it, and away we went. Cashel has the bypass. Clonmel has a bypass. It is overutilised now and cannot cope. Tipperary town badly needs a bypass for industry, business and social activities, and for the people to live healthy and happy lives.

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