Angry scenes as councillors plan Monday meeting on road proposal

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

The public disquiet over the proposed construction of the Galway City N6 Transport project shows no sign of abating with county councillors arranging an emergency meeting next Monday to debate the heated issue.

The anger and trauma which is being felt by the general public in relation to the new proposed bypass project led to one Galway county councillor being accused of having the attitude of Oliver Cromwell.

Republican Sinn Fein representative Tomás Ó Curraoin was clearly extremely upset following the outburst from a member of the public, which occurred in Barna last weekend. He told Monday’s county council meeting that he “felt like ground opening up and swallowing me”, when he was subjected to the tirade by an irate woman. The Connemara councillor was speaking as part of a debate on the new N6 Galway City Transport Project.

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Angry scenes as councillors plan Monday meeting on road proposal

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