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Killardry Bridge

The road. The records. The questions.

Sourced articles and captioned explainers about the Tipperary County Council record, from the Bronagh English public record.

The road approach with exposed earth beside the carriageway
Family photograph · 1 May 2025 · after the crash. View original family photograph

1 May 2025 / 18 February 2026 Roadworks & drainage

Roadworks, the bank and the open-drain question

Exposed earth beside the approach, drainage and the protection questions. Read the dated family photographs alongside the council’s descriptions of works—and the records needed to establish what was done and when.

Works and internal-review records

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The daylight approach to the turn and junction at Killardry Bridge
Family photograph · 1 May 2025 · later daylight view. View original family photograph

21 January / 22 May 2025 Warnings & protection

The bend, the warnings and the bridge wall

What warned a driver before the bend, and what condition was the bridge edge in? The account separates advance warnings, the recorded bridge-signage field and DWA’s later survey.

Inspection and engineering record

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A low damaged section of bridge parapet with the river beyond
Family photograph · 2026, exact month not established · not the inspection photograph. View original family photograph

21 January 2025 / 18 February 2026 Council response

The engineering record and the council’s response

Significant damage was recorded before Bronagh died. Follow the inspection entries, the later internal-review response and the questions about decisions, interim protection and repairs.

Council inspection / internal review

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The wider road approach beside the bank
Family photograph · 1 May 2025 · local context, not an image from 2023. View original family photograph

RSA release · 1 January 2024 Road safety data

2023: Tipperary’s highest county death count

Sixteen deaths were recorded for Tipperary in the RSA’s provisional 2023 release—the highest county count in that table. See the dated source and why a count is not a rate.

RSA provisional county table

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The daylight approach to the turn
Family photograph · 1 May 2025 · local context, not meeting evidence. View original family photograph

14 October 2024 / 7 February 2025 Speed-limit decisions

The 80-to-60 motion: what the council requested

Read the motion seeking selective application, its recorded support, the subsequent legal-advice referral and the national change that still took effect. This was not a vote that stopped the 80-to-60 reduction.

Council minutes / national change

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A wider view of the road approach
Family photograph · 1 May 2025 · later local context. View original family photograph

Dated district and council record Cahir–Cashel

Cahir–Cashel: questions, requests and decisions

Who raised the bridge concerns, what was requested, and how did the council respond? Follow the dated Cahir–Cashel record, linked documents and outstanding questions.

District record and source links

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A later close view of the stone edge beside the road
Family photograph · 2026 · bridge context, not a payment record. View original family photograph

Official 2025 quarterly registers Public spending

Councillor payments and expenses: follow the figures

Open the council’s published payments register and read the categories separately: remuneration, allowances and claimed expenses are not the same thing. Follow the document period and individual headings, rather than an unexplained total.

Official payments register

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A detail of exposed earth and loose material beside the surfaced road
Detail of a family photograph · 1 May 2025 · after the crash. View original family photograph

Published research and source notes Rain & loose soil

Rain, loose soil and the road edge

How rain can detach exposed soil, carry sediment and leave material on a road. The research explains the mechanisms and protective measures without presenting them as a reconstruction of this collision.

Sourced soil and runoff research

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The 80-to-60 motion

On 14 October 2024, Tipperary County Council debated Motion 2861 about new default speed limits.

1 May 2025 family road photograph; later context; bridge not visible.

Silent, captioned explainer

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Local requests for lower limits

In October 2024, councillors reported that people in their areas had sought lower speed limits.

1 May 2025 family road-and-bank photograph; later context; bridge not visible.

Silent, captioned explainer

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Tipperary’s 2023 county count

The RSA release dated 1 January 2024 lists sixteen road deaths in Tipperary during the full year 2023.

1 May 2025 family road-approach photograph; later context; not an image of the 2023 events.

Silent, captioned explainer

Watch page and transcript

Which roads changed to 60?

The Department of Transport announced the default change from 80 to 60 km/h on rural local roads that day.

1 May 2025 family road photograph; later context; bridge not visible.

Silent, captioned explainer

Watch page and transcript

What the 1 May photograph shows

The family took this road-approach photograph on 1 May 2025, after the crash.

1 May 2025 family photograph; after the 24 April 2025 collision; bridge not visible.

Silent, captioned explainer

Watch page and transcript

Which documents date the works?

The Council’s engineering inspection of bridge TY-L3151-B-010 is dated 21 January 2025.

1 May 2025 family road photographs are later context; they do not date works.

Silent, captioned explainer

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What the January inspector recorded

January’s engineering inspection records four areas of missing stonework upstream and two downstream.

2026 family wall photograph is later context; exact month not asserted.

Silent, captioned explainer

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From inspection to completion

The 21 January 2025 engineering inspection records an overall rating of Significant Damage.

2026 family wall photograph is later context; no exact month asserted.

Silent, captioned explainer

Watch page and transcript

Factual record. No finding of causation or responsibility is made here.