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A collision between two cars on the Garrycastle interchange, in which one person was injured, has led to renewed calls for the dangerous junction to be upgraded.

Sinn Féin councillor Thérèse Ruane, who tabled a motion at the monthly Castlebar Town Council meeting last week calling on Mayo County Council to revert to standard road markings at roundabouts in the Castlebar, has welcomed an agreement from the town manager to erect signage on the approach to roundabouts.

A professional bus driver was disqualified for six months at Ballina District Court this week for carelessly driving his motorbike, after gardaí observed him driving around a roundabout anti-clockwise.

Sinn Féin councillor Thérèse Ruane has described the road markings at the roundabouts in Castlebar as a fiasco. She is calling on the National Roads Authority and Mayo County Council to revert to standard road markings for roundabout layouts in the town of Castlebar and will be putting this motion before the members of Castlebar Town Council at next Thursday’s monthly meeting. She is hopeful of their full support.  

Motorists on the N9 at Powerstown are attributing a design fault to the frequency of articulated lorries turning over on the road. Another driver — the fifth this year — had a narrow escape on Tuesday morning when his timber haulage truck, transporting bark mulch, turned over on its side as he navigated the double roundabout on the stretch of road that forms the soft ending of the first section of the €216.5 million Dublin to Waterford/Carlow bypass.

Carlow Town Council is reviewing plans for a roundabout at the junction of the Pollerton Road and the Hacketstown Road in an effort to properly accommodate pedestrian traffic.

Roundabout markings in Castlebar have caused much debate and at times incidents of road rage since Mayo County Council embarked on an experiment to ease traffic congestion in the town.

Independent candidate in the upcoming local elections Mick Greene has called for the installation of a roundabout at the top of the Granges Road at Brannigan’s corner.

Work has begun on a new outbound bus lane along the Dublin Road, extending from Moneenageisha to the Renmore Road junction. Works will take up to 16 weeks but when completed, the new lane should significantly reduce journey times along the route.

The opening of a new supermarket and the onset of Christmas could add to the hazards of one of Carlow town’s most dangerous junctions, according to local councillors.