NRA chief to appear before Oireachtas Committee

The head of the National Roads Authority is due before the Oireachtas Committee on Transport later.

Fred Barry will discuss the group's future work programme as well as issues relating to the upgrading of the M50 motorway.

Members of the Farren, Gallagher and Keane families who have launched a campaign to improve road conditions after each losing a daughter in three separate crashes will also attend.