This article is from page 5 of the 2005-10-25 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 5 JPG
A PROPOSAL by Clare County Councillor Michael Kelly (FF) to lower the speed limits in Crusheen and Corkscrew Hill was turned down last Tuesday, three days before five peo- ple were hospitalised following accidents at both locations.
Cllr Kelly’s proposals were among nine al- terations to speed limits made by councillors for the North Clare area, none of which were recommended. In each case, Inspector Kevin Moynihan, Head of the Garda traffic unit in Clare, and Sean Liddy, Senior Executive Engi- neer of the Clare County Council, advised that a speed change would be contrary to the De- partment of Transport’s policy and would also
be impossible to enforce.
Several councillors raised concerns about their role in deciding speed limits, consider- ing that none of their proposed changes were recommended. Inspector Moynihan and Mr Liddy stressed that they were only making rec- ommendations and the final decision would be made at the council level.
Four people were hospitalised following a serious two car accident at Tubber cross in Crusheen at 7.30am on Friday morning. Three were Americans, who were travelling in one car. Two people were hospitalised after a two vehicle crash just after 5pm on Friday evening at Corkscrew Hill.
It’s understood that Israeli tourists were among those involved.