# potholes

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# pain in the pothole

Had your car or bike damaged by a pothole? You're not the only one

Six in 10 people have had their mode of transport damaged by potholes.

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Aug 2nd 2018, 2:27 PM

# in shite

'You wouldn't get this in the Third World' - locals up in arms over state of roads in Munster town

Tipperary Town may share the name of its county, but the standard of its roads is “no advert for the place” says one local.

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Jan 26th 2018, 6:01 AM

# Gadget Preview

Road in sh**e? This new gadget could mean you never hit another pothole

Ford aims to use crowdsourcing technology to give you advance warnings.

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Feb 20th 2017, 3:06 PM

# potholes

Are your local roads in a state? You're not alone

A national survey finds that 44% of regional roads in Ireland have extensive surface defects, while 31% of local roads have structural issues.

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Dec 28th 2015, 11:15 AM

# swerve to avoid

You could help fix potholes by driving over them

The company patented a method that would allow cars to detect them and help create a database.

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Aug 26th 2015, 2:15 PM

# wanksy

Drawing penises around dangerous potholes is just what Ireland needs

I can be your hero, baby.

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Apr 28th 2015, 10:35 AM

# holey wars

Potholes could soon be but an unpleasant memory

New research has developed a system of detecting costly road damage before it occurs.

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Jan 28th 2015, 12:15 PM

# Legend

A man is filling Chicago's potholes with wonderful mosaics

Can we get him over to Ireland please?

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Jun 13th 2014, 7:30 PM

# hole-y moly

Unfortunate pothole-filling crew manage to get stuck in giant pothole

Not ideal.

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Mar 25th 2014, 3:37 PM

# BIG HOLE

Massive potholes making Donegal road 'almost impassible' for local families

A local election candidate is calling for the re-introduction of the Local Improvement Scheme to fix roads like this all over the county.

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Feb 1st 2014, 4:58 PM

# Road Safety

Almost 72% of Irish motorists believe garda presence on roads has reduced

A new poll by AA revealed that 40 per cent think the government is not treating road safety as a priority.

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Jun 4th 2013, 7:54 AM

# Roads

New road maintenance scheme asks local communities to contribute funding

The government is investing €10.6 million in the scheme but communities will have to come up with the rest of the €14 million to repair the roads.

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May 20th 2013, 10:39 AM

# Not the News

Fine Gael TDs on Twitter and free GP care : The week's news skewed

Breaking via The Mire wire: Leinster House goes wild photocopying arses, free GP care for healthy citizens, and FG TDs insult each other for Twitter practice.

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May 11th 2013, 10:00 AM

Voices

Column: It's time to tackle decline in rural Ireland

Rural Ireland is experiencing a demise, with empty shop buildings, damaged roads and a lack of essential services. Action needs to be taken now or we could see whole parts of the country uninhabited, writes John Verling.

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Mar 28th 2013, 7:00 AM

# Co Cork

Health and safety ‘gone mad’ as council workers suspended over filling pothole

A spokesperson from the HSA said that the issue wasn’t one of “red tape and bureaucracy”, but of safety.

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Mar 26th 2013, 11:52 AM

# Road Safety

Varadkar urges local authorities to focus on road maintenance

The Transport Minister said that they needed to take “their responsibilities a bit more seriously”.

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Mar 8th 2013, 10:26 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Do you think enough is being done to fix Ireland's roads?

The Minister for Transport has said that local authorities are to place a greater focus on maintaining Ireland’s roads. Will it be enough?

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Mar 8th 2013, 9:47 AM

# Road Safety

Potholes, loose chippings, floods: Welcome to Ireland’s rural roads

One council engineer admits that limited funding means “we are stretched beyond breaking point to carry out even basic repairs”.

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Feb 19th 2013, 6:17 PM

# road to baghdad

Open thread: Is your local road as bad as this one?

This is the road travelled by one TheJournal.ie reader every day is referred to locally as ‘The road to Baghdad’. Can you beat it?

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Feb 1st 2013, 11:30 AM

# Co. Cavan

Road is in Shite Pic of the Day

Let’s not beat around the bush.

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Jan 18th 2013, 11:52 AM

# potholes

App detects potholes on Boston streets

New app Street Bump allows drivers to automatically report the road hazards like pot holes to the authorities.

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Jul 20th 2012, 1:43 PM

# Breakdowns

State of roads causing increase in puncture breakdowns, says AA

The numbers of punctures rose over the last twelve months – and potholes are to blame, the AA has said.

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Oct 9th 2011, 6:56 PM

# Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Tuesday

In today’s Fix: the latest from the UK as the violence spreads, Apple is now the most valuable business in the world, graffiti and poop on the streets of the country, and Ireland’s favourite movies…

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Aug 9th 2011, 8:05 PM

# Fix Your STreet

U2 graffiti, dog poop and man-sized potholes - welcome to FixYourStreet.ie

The new website, aimed at identifying ‘non-emergency issues’ like potholes and illegal dumping, has attracted hundreds of complaints since it launched last week.

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Aug 9th 2011, 3:14 PM