Ex-safety chief blames Cullen for resignation

FORMER chairman of the National Safety Council, Eddie Shaw, has blamed comments made by Transport Minster Martin Cullen as one of the main reasons for his shock resignation several weeks ago.

In an exclusive interview with the Irish Examiner, Mr Shaw also accuses the Government of being “criminally negligent” over the lack of implementation of its own road safety policy.

The outspoken road safety campaigner said he took serious issue with accusations by Mr Cullen that he had “overstated” the Government’s failure to tackle the rising level of road deaths in the Republic.