Road safety

Tipperary News April 28, 2026

Murphy: Glaring gap in road safety laws surrounding horse drawn vehicles

A Tipperary TD has written to the Ministers for Transport, Agriculture and Justice calling for a coordinated national response to the regulation of horse-drawn vehicles on public roads. Deputy Michael Murphy – who is Chair of the Oireachtas Transport Committee – says there’s a glaring gap in road safety laws surrounding their use. The Fine […]
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Tipperary News March 9, 2026

Pedestrian killed in crash on Templemore – Templetuohy road

Gardaí in Thurles are investigating a fatal traffic collision which happened last evening on the road between Templemore and Templetuohy. A pedestrian was struck by a car on the R502 at Ballinlassa shortly after 7 o’clock last evening. The woman in her 20s was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later while the […]
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Tipperary News January 7, 2026

Murphy: I can’t say I have total confidence in the RSA

A local TD says he doesn’t have confidence in the Road Safety Authority. Clonmel based Deputy Michael Murphy is chair of the Oireachtas Transport Committee. On Tipp Today earlier the Fine Gael representative said there were many questions in relation to the RSA. “I think we need a shakeup in the RSA – I can’t […]
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Tipperary News September 19, 2025

Woman seriously injured in North Tipp crash

A woman has been airlifted to hospital following a collision on the Nenagh to Borrisoleigh road. The incident happened before 9 o’clock this morning in the Latteragh area. The woman is understood to have suffered serious injuries in the incident. A Garda Forensic Collision investigator is on site and the road is likely to remain […]
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Tipperary News September 11, 2022

Tipperary Roads Policing Unit arrest driver for drug driving in Thurles

The Tipperary Roads Policing Unit have arrested a driver on suspicion of drug driving in Thurles. They were alerted to the Audi when they noticed poor driving and then stopped the driver on the outskirts of the town last night.. It was found on inspection that the windscreen was tinted to an extreme level, causing […]
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Tipperary News August 2, 2022

Road safety concerns highlighted in South Tipp town

A local councillor has raised the need for speed reduction measures in a South Tipperary town. Imelda Goldsboro says there is a lot of anger in Killenaule over the lack of action to implement safety measures throughout the area but particularly around the schools. She says that there were meetings held last year with the […]
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Tipperary News June 2, 2022

Three notable speeding offences in Tipp on National Slow Down Day

In the first nine hours of National Slow Down Day 78,911 vehicles have been monitored and Gardaí detected 374 vehicles travelling in excess of the speed limit. One driver was caught doing 140 kilometres an hour in an 80 kilometre zone on the N4 at Lucan in Dublin Locally there have been three notable detections […]
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Tipperary News May 23, 2022

Call for improved safety measures at Tyone Bridge in Nenagh

Concerns have been expressed at the recent increase in the number of collisions at Tyone bridge on the outskirts of Nenagh. Councillor Hughie McGrath has asked council officials to see if anything could be done to improve safety at the bridge on the R498. He says the bridge is very narrow and has been an […]
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