Taoiseach 'hopeful' Galway ring road will be granted permission next year

An artist impression of part of the Galway City Ring Road proposal. Leo Varadkar said he believed that the proposed Galway city outer ring road would not contravene the Government’s climate action targets. File picture

Commuters in Galway city face many more years of daily gridlock with the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar reluctant to put a timeline on when the misery might be eased by the construction of a ring road.

The plan to build a ring road has been dogged by controversy and objections for the past few decades and while Mr Varadkar hopes planning permission might be granted next year, he fears that it will be held up by further legal objections.