Councillor Roger Kennedy and Killardry Bridge — what the minutes and the inspections record

Killardry Bridge · the Council and the bridge · source-led

Councillor Roger Kennedy (Fianna Fáil, Cashel–Tipperary) is named here by public office only. This page sets the dated bridge record from the Council’s own documents beside what the checked minutes record under this member’s name concerning bridges, Killardry, Kilmoyler or the L3101. It makes no finding about what Roger Kennedy knew, decided or caused.

What the minutes record under this member’s name

In the checked minutes — the full Council minutes of 14 October 2024 and the Cahir–Cashel Municipal District minutes indexed on this site for 2025 and May 2026 — no item concerning bridges, Killardry, Kilmoyler or the L3101 is recorded under Roger Kennedy’s name. The 25 May 2026 minutes record the District Engineer reporting 477 bridges in the district, applications for 14 and funding for three (minutes, p. 6); that report was made to the members collectively.

The bridge, in the Council’s own documents

4 March 2014 — Eirspan principal inspection TS-LP3101-001.00: parapet repointing and repair costed at €250 and €200, scheduled for 2017 (the 2014 inspection record).
20 June 2024 — maintenance inspection: overall “Warning”, parapets rated “Good” (what the Council knew).
21 January 2025 — engineering inspection TY-L3151-B-010: overall “Significant Damage”, downstream capping “partly removed”, “Is Signage Present? No.” (what the Council knew).
24 April 2025 — Bronagh English, 18, died at the bridge, 93 calendar days after that rating.
18 February 2026 — the Council’s FOI internal-review decision: “the repair works listed in the report have not been carried out to date” (the internal-review decision).
25 May 2026 — the District Engineer reports 477 bridges in the district, applications for 14, funding for three (minutes, p. 6).

The documents establish what was recorded and when. They do not establish which person received the 21 January 2025 inspection, what assessment followed, or that any member of the district received it.

What this page establishes, and what it does not

It establishes the dated inspection and repair record, and the extent of the checked minutes under this member’s name.
It does not establish that Roger Kennedy received or read the 21 January 2025 inspection, had an executive role in any repair decision, or caused any outcome.

The family’s position: Bronagh’s family believes the signing and guarding described in the Council’s own bridge guidance should have followed the January 2025 rating, and that the members who sit for the district should ask, on the record, why it did not. As Bronagh’s parents said: “One small cone and she’d be with us” (Tipperary Live, October 2025). That is presented as the family’s position, not as a finding about any member’s knowledge, motive, responsibility or causation.

Sources

South Tipperary Eirspan Principal Inspection Report TS-LP3101-001.00, 4 March 2014 (published readback) — https://bronaghenglish.com/documents/eirspan-2014-inspection/
Tipperary County Council maintenance inspection 20 June 2024 and engineering inspection TY-L3151-B-010, 21 January 2025 (published readback) — https://bronaghenglish.com/the-council/what-they-knew/
Tipperary County Council FOI internal-review decision, 18 February 2026 (published readback) — https://bronaghenglish.com/documents/internal-review-decision-2026-02-18/
Cahir–Cashel Municipal District signed minutes, 26 May 2025 (pp. 5–6) — https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/sites/default/files/2025-07/TCC%20MD%20May%20Minutes%2026052025.pdf; 25 May 2026 (p. 6) — https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/sites/default/files/2026-06/TCC%20MD%20May%20Minutes%2025052026%20signed.pdf#page=6; 24 February 2025 (p. 4) — https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/sites/default/files/2025-03/TCC%20MD%20February%20Minutes%2024022025%20signed.pdf#page=4; 23 June 2025 (pp. 7–8) — https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/sites/default/files/2025-09/TCC%20MD%20June%20Meeting%20Minutes%2023062025%20signed.pdf#page=7
Tipperary Live / The Nationalist, parents’ interview, October 2025 — https://bronaghenglish.com/press/

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

District	2022 population	Fatal-collision records	People killed	People killed per 100,000 per year
Clonmel	25,003	10	13	8.67
Tipperary–Cahir–Cashel	44,532	21	23	8.61
Carrick-on-Suir	20,191	7	7	5.78
Nenagh	40,879	11	12	4.89
Thurles	37,290	8	8	3.58

Year	Tipperary–Cahir–Cashel	County Tipperary	State
2018	6	10	134
2019	4	13	140
2020	1	7	141
2021	3	10	132
2022	3	7	152
2023	6	16	179

Rank	County	2022 population	People killed	Fatal-collision records	People killed per 100,000 per year
1	Monaghan	65,288	25	—	6.38
2	Tipperary	167,895	63	—	6.25
3	Donegal	167,084	53	—	5.29
4	Roscommon	70,259	22	—	5.22
5	Louth	139,703	41	—	4.89
6	Cavan	81,704	23	—	4.69
7	Mayo	137,970	38	—	4.59
8	Offaly	83,150	22	—	4.41
9	Kerry	156,458	41	—	4.37
10	Kilkenny	104,160	27	—	4.32
11	Leitrim	35,199	9	—	4.26
12	Longford	46,751	11	—	3.92
13	Westmeath	96,221	22	—	3.81
14	Clare	127,938	29	—	3.78
15	Meath	220,826	49	—	3.70
16	Sligo	70,198	15	—	3.56
17	Limerick	209,536	44	—	3.50
18	Wexford	163,919	34	—	3.46
19	Galway	277,737	49	—	2.94
20	Carlow	61,968	9	—	2.42
21	Cork	584,156	83	—	2.37
22	Laois	91,877	12	—	2.18
23	Waterford	127,363	15	—	1.96
24	Wicklow	155,851	18	—	1.92
25	Kildare	247,774	25	—	1.68
26	Dublin	1,458,154	99	—	1.13