Rural Life
The Minister for Transport, Shane Ross, has been called upon to establish a national fund to survey dangerous roadside trees and hedges.
The strategy for the development of greenways in Ireland is expected to be published by the end of the second quarter of 2018.
Machinery
Some finer details regarding the road-worthiness testing of 'fast' tractors have been revealed by the Minister for Transport, Shane Ross.
A person who holds a learner permit has to be accompanied by a fully qualified driver before they can get behind the wheel of a car.
The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross, has been commended for rolling back on tractor testing measures.
FCI argues that unworkable legislation relating to the road-worthiness testing of tractors used in commercial haulage needs to be rescinded.
'The top-down approach for the Dublin-Galway Greenway which ignores the feelings of local landowners has been a failure.'
Work on parts of the Athlone to Galway section of the greenway stalled last year after farmers objected to the route going through their lands.
Other
Mistakes were made in the consultation process with landowners over the Dublin-Galway Greenway, according to ICSA Rural Development Chairman Seamus Sherlock.
The time for pausing over the Dublin to Galway Greenway is over, according to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross.
