Motor Madness - Joe Lynch (RSF)

CALL FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT INSTEAD
OF MINISTERIAL MOTORCADES

The convoys of Ministerial cars speeding through urban areas
on busy roads is a potential danger to other motorists and the
practice must be curtailed, a spokesman for Republican Sinn Fein
said today.

Joe Lynch from Beechgrove Avenue in Ballinacurra Weston in
:Limerick said that the most recent case he came across was on
Thursday last when the 26 County Administration Justice Minister
was in Limerick.

In the mid afternoon the Ministerial convey swept along the main
Limerick to Dublin road and it was akin to a United States
Presidential motorcade, he said.

The reason seemingly why the Minister was in Limerick was to
inspect or unveil a plaque but his hurry to leave the city was only
too obvious to other road users.

In fact for such a visit surely the politicians could use the train.
At at time when the Green Party is in Government and some of
their Ministers cycle to work, the practice of these large
motorcades must be questioned.

Not only is it a waste of public money there is an inherent
danger to members of the public who are also using the
main roads.

The use of police outriders on these occasions is purely
for show and they serve no useful purpose. It is time that
the politicians came down to earth and used public
transport.

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