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FOI Internal Review Decision, 18 February 2026
The council's written internal-review decision on the family's FOI appeal — its own account of the 2014 report, the inspection gap, the unperformed repairs, and the works near the bridge.
| Produced by | Kieran Malone, Senior Engineer, Roads & Transportation, Tipperary County Council |
|---|---|
| Date | 18 February 2026 |
| Reference | Roads FOI 02/26 (TCC FOI 174/25) |
| Status | Held on file |
The lines that matter
- “Sufficient funding was not available for inspection of the bridge in 2016, and no subsequent inspection took place.”
- “Accordingly, the repair works listed in the report have not been carried out to date.”
- “Bridges with a condition rating of 2 or better were further down the list of priorities than bridges with worse condition ratings.”
- “The only drainage works that were carried out on the L-3151 consisted of inlets in the roadside verges being cleaned out. … There were no specific drainage works carried out on the bridge itself.”
- 2025 roadworks on the L-3151 were described as “to the northwest of the bridge location.”
In its own words, the council confirms: the 2016 inspection never happened for want of funding, no inspection took place until June 2024, and the repairs listed in 2014 — including the €450 parapet items — were never carried out. It describes its only drainage activity as routine verge-inlet cleaning, an account the family's dated, GPS-located photographs are placed against.
Source: Decision on Internal Review, Kieran Malone, Tipperary County Council, 18 February 2026, to Gillian O'Mahony, Lynch Solicitors. Held on file.
Last updated 2026-09-07. This is a living record — findings are added as dated entries and prior versions remain visible.