Brennan turns sod on €17m Loughrea bypass

Transport Minister Seamus Brennan has turned the sod on a new €17m bypass road being constructed around Loughrea, Co Galway.

Mr Brennan said the 3.75km stretch of single carriageway road would alleviate a major traffic bottleneck on the Dublin to Galway route and would remove more than 10,000 vehicles from Loughrea every day.