He is 100% right. It seems you cant even repair or straighten a road now unless there is a plan for a cycleway. Loads of council roads jobs are held up as a result.Whatever about this guys spat with Mehole, I have to agree with him with regard to current Minister of Transport:
EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED’
Mr O’Connor added that he was “extremely frustrated” at what he saw as a “disproportionate” level of power enjoyed by the Green Party in Government, and he claimed the public perception was that Transport Minister Eamon Ryan was “the most powerful politician in the country”.
The Cork East TD said the delivery of a Castlemartyr bypass had been a priority for him, and since meeting with Mr Ryan in October 2021, he had seen little progress.
Describing that project as “just one microcosm of other projects across Cork county”, he said his own perspective as a Government backbencher was that the delivery of other infrastructure projects such as the Mallow relief road, the N25 road between Carrigtwohill and Midleton, the Cobh access road, and the North ring road, were being “totally and utterly prevented from being advanced, I feel, by the minister for transport”.
Dáil's youngest TD calls for 'clear the air' meeting with Micheál Martin after row
The remarks had followed criticism of Fianna Fáil’s consistently low showing in opinion polls, and a claim that promises had been made to the TD by ...www.echolive.ie
It looks like they will get destroyed in the next election but they wont care... they succeeded in progressing their narrative. TOuch of Padraig Pearse about them