Public Meeting Planned to get Meath County Council to Implement Safety Measures on Rural Roads

Public Meeting Planned to get Meath County Council to Implement Safety Measures on Rural Roads - Cllr Dave Boyne

Following on from the latest near miss road incident on Co. Meath’s rural roads, a local Politician says he has “had enough” and is organising a protest to get “Meath County Council to finally put badly needed safety measures in place”.

Trim Aontú Cllr Dave Boyne says the “notorious stretch from Brannockstown Cross and Ardenew Cross” was the scene of yet another incident this week and it was only through the fast thinking of the bus driver that serious injury or death was averted”.

Cllr Boyne says, “As a part and elected Councillor, I simply cannot understand how Meath County Council has not moved to ensure the safety of road users along this dangerous part. What is it waiting for? So many accidents have happened along here over the decades, as the road is significantly higher than the land either side. Despite this, no barriers or hard shoulders have ever been put in place. Similarly on the Hill-Of-Down railway bridge, there is a massive drop exposed on one side, without any protection”.

“I am organising a protest at Trim Council Office on Saturday the 13 th September and I am urging people to turn out en masse. Meath County Council has a duty of care to the people of the county who are literally dicing with death on some of its rural roads. Enough is enough. It has to act”.

ENDS

The Irish political system is radically broken

In Ireland the vast majority of elected representatives put a finger in the air to check which way the political wind is blowing. They have one eye on their leaders – seeking brownie points – and another eye keeping their seat safe. If elected reps shut up and do as they’re told, they are promoted; if they stand up for what they believe in, they are demoted. No wonder we have the political class we have. No wonder one point one billion euro is being buried in a hole under the National Children’s Hospital and that Stormont is in stalemate.

Throughout Ireland, many people are now afraid to say what they feel, many are afraid to respectfully engage on a range of different topics. Many feel there is a new censorship and a new political correctness in Ireland, that opposition to the establishment is being deleted.

Respectful opposition is not the enemy. Respectful opposition is a critical element of a functional democracy. Aontú will have the backbone to stand up, without fear, for you.