{"id":400841,"date":"2026-04-16T02:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/400841\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T02:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:25:14","slug":"council-urged-to-lower-stop-sign-after-crossroads-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/400841\/","title":{"rendered":"Council urged to lower stop sign after crossroads crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Safety concerns have been raised over the height of a stop sign at Glenmaquin crossroads following a serious crash at the junction.<\/p>\n<p>Donegal County Council is being urged to lower the newly installed sign at Glenmaquin crossroads, between Listillion and Convoy\/Raphoe.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s claimed that the stop symbol itself is too high on the post, and some motorists have reported being unable to see it when there is a strong sun glare.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Donal Coyle told a meeting of the Letterkenny-Milford Municipal District that the problem was reported following a serious accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are coming over the top of the hill, if the sun is rising in the sky, you have to use a visor to shield the sun from your eyes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust a fortnight ago, there was a pretty serious accident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a stranger to the locality who didn\u2019t see the stop sign because of the sun. They went through the crossroads and hit a car.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guards were on the scene and have a record of that accident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/all-circumstances-of-carrigart-pensioners-death-being-probed-gardai-630366\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"All circumstances of Carrigart pensioner&#039;s death being probed - Garda\u00ed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/all-circumstances-of-carrigart-pensioner-039-s-death-being-probed-garda-iacute.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"All circumstances of Carrigart pensioner's death being probed - Garda\u00ed\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/golf\/golf-classic-to-raise-funds-for-north-west-10k-charities-630334\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Golf Classic to raise funds for North West 10K charities\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/golf-classic-to-raise-funds-for-north-west-10k-charities.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Golf Classic to raise funds for North West 10K charities\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cllr Coyle said he wanted to see the problem dealt with as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the route is now much busier than before, particularly with traffic coming from Convoy, and is widely used by motorists travelling from Letterkenny.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the council said the issue will now be assessed by the roads engineer and, if necessary, changes will be made.<\/p>\n<p>The executive added that an advance stop sign will also be considered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Safety concerns have been raised over the height of a stop sign at Glenmaquin crossroads following a serious&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-400841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400841","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=400841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}