An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Seanad Éireann — 2025-12-09
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Martin Conway (IND), Administrative Panel

We are in the throes of what is a major, almost red, weather warning in County Clare and along the west and north-west coasts over the next few hours. I pay tribute to all the council workers, emergency services and gardaí who are doing their best under these trying conditions.
I also raise the issue of safety on the N67, which is the main Ennis to Kilrush road. It is, to a large extent, the main link between west Clare and the rest of the country. Pockets of that road are quite dangerous. One of them is at Darragh, in the double junction between the L41701 and the L4190, where it is quite dangerous. There have been quite a number of documented incidents where there has been very heavy traffic, particularly at peak times. These are accidents waiting to happen.
I commend the Darragh road safety community group for the tremendous work it has done over many years. It has engaged with us as Oireachtas Members and with local councillors. There was a meeting yesterday between county council officials, road officials and Oireachtas Members and county councillors to progress this situation. I am calling on Clare County Council to step up to the plate. A shop and a number of other businesses in the Darragh area are near and adjacent to that double junction, which has quite a number of pedestrians and people floating around it. We need to see short-term, medium-term and long-term safety measures. In the short term, signage needs to be erected immediately. In the short to medium term, there needs to be a reduction of the speed limit. In the long term, we need to see a safer N67. I ask that the Leader’s office might write to the chief executive of Clare County Council and the chief executive officer of Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, to encourage them to work collaboratively to make this section of the road, which is very busy, safe.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-09