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Local councillor disappointed with decision to rule out N61 upgrade

Dec 18, 2025 17:00
By Shannonside News
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Local councillor disappointed with decision to rule out N61 upgrade

It's after Fianna Fáil TD Martin Daly called for the N61 to be given national primary status in the Dáil today.

A north Roscommon councillor says he's disappointed an upgrade of the Athlone to Boyle Road has been ruled out. It's after Fianna Fáil TD Martin Daly called for the N61 to be given national primary status in the Dáil today.

But Tánaiste Simon Harris said Transport Infrastructure Ireland intends keeping it at national secondary level. Tulsk councillor Seán Moylan, from Fianna Fáil, says it's the wrong decision:

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