{"id":352644,"date":"2026-03-18T13:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/352644\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:48:08","slug":"concerned-parents-warn-of-dangerous-road-outside-limerick-school-as-funding-is-sought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/352644\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerned parents warn of \u2018dangerous road\u2019 outside Limerick school as funding is sought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"281\">PARENTS have raised serious concerns about a \u2018dangerous road\u2019 outside a Limerick school, while safety works remain dependent on funding.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"281\">Raising the issue at the March meeting of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/309\/politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Newcastle West Municipal District<\/a>, Cllr Michael Collins, said he had received numerous messages from parents of pupils attending Dromcollogher National School.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"281\">In his motion, he called on the council to \u201ccarry out the necessary safety works, lighting and pedestrian crossing\u201d at the school.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"281\">READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/motoring-news\/2039782\/unusual-theft-of-a-recovery-truck-in-broad-daylight-in-limerick.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Unusual theft of a recovery truck in broad daylight in Limerick<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"281\">In a written reply, Ben Noonan, Senior Executive Engineer for the district, said: \u201cThe roads department have been assessing this location following multiple representations including one from the school principal. The location is being assessed in terms of what is required.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"281\">\u201cIt is proposed that a plan will be developed, and any works deemed necessary will be carried out subject to funding being available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"281\">Cllr Liam Galvin described the road as \u201cdangerous\u201d, saying he would \u201cfeel responsible\u201d if anything were to happen outside [the school] now that health and safety concerns have been highlighted.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"281\">He asked whether the Municipal District could call on the Department of Education, as well as the Department of Transport, to help implement safety measures.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"281\">Cllr Collins clarified the Department of Education is not responsible for the public road adding that \u201cwhen the issue is raised, we can bring it to a higher authority but cannot take responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"281\">He noted that, for example, if speed limits are an issue, the matter can be raised with garda\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"281\">READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/tv---radio\/2037631\/this-has-been-an-absolute-experience-of-a-lifetime-limerick-s-paudie-marvels-at-rise-to-dwts-final.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u2018This has been an absolute experience of a lifetime\u2019: Limerick&#8217;s Paudie marvels at his DWTS journey<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"281\">Independent councillor Jerome Scanlon said: \u201cWe can put in all the pedestrian crossings we like, but we will still have the same road,\u201d questioning whether measures such as increased lighting are \u201clessening the risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"281\">Mr Noonan said the local authority is \u201cactively trying to look at a plan\u201d for works in the area, emphasising that any safety measures are \u201csubject to funding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"281\">He reiterated: \u201cWe can prepare the plans, but it is cost dependent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PARENTS have raised serious concerns about a \u2018dangerous road\u2019 outside a Limerick school, while safety works remain dependent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[52898,93,61,60,1396,14563,4580,16206,836],"class_list":["post-352644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-dromcollogher","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick","tag-limerick-city-and-county-council","tag-newcastle-west","tag-roads","tag-schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}