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'Absolutely nuts' - Fitzmaurice blasts speed-limit reductions

Feb 6, 2026 08:13
By Eoghan Murphy
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'Absolutely nuts' - Fitzmaurice blasts speed-limit reductions
Michael Fitzmaurice

They dropped from 80 kilometres an hour down to 60 on rural roads last year.

A local Independent Ireland TD says the recent reductions in speed limits on some roads are 'absolutely nuts'.

They dropped from 80 kilometres an hour down to 60 on rural roads last year.

The government also plans to reduce the speed limit on national primary and secondary roads from 100 down to 80.

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Roscommon-Galway TD Michael Fitzmaurice says the speed limit reductions aren't working:

 

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