The four-week programme of emergency pothole-filling is in response to countless complaints.

Cavan-Monaghan TD Brendan Smith used question time in the Dáil to ask the MInister, Eamon Ryan, for more money to fix local roads.

The "bread and butter" issues for people of this area are roads, housing and access to GP care.

The highest number of road deaths in 10 years was recorded in 2023.

Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan and Minister of State Jack Chambers announced details of a €626 million investment programme for this year for regional and local roads across the country.

More than half a billion euro is to put towards repairing roads across the entire country.

Cavan/Monaghan TD Brendan Smith has called on the Transport Minister to provide additional funding for non-national roads. Deputy Smith says there is an "

Questions have been raised over the status of local roads, and lane-ways due for works under the Local Improvement Scheme in the Ballybay-Clones