Gardaí review traffic plan after 16km tailbacks

A HUGE crowd of 70,000 spectators turned out for the first day of the championships, leading to 16km tailbacks and serious gridlock.

“The traffic was brutal. I came down from Athlone and it took me the guts of five hours to get here,” said James Costelloe from Clonown, Co Westmeath.

“I hit traffic about five miles north of Kilkenny and spent the next three hours crawling 10 miles to the event,” said Mr Costelloe.