Road deaths - Coalition cannot evade responsibility

THERE is no simple answer to the appalling carnage on Ireland’s roads but it is patently clear that Government measures are not working.

The Coalition must accept blame for failing to deliver resources needed to tackle this rapidly worsening crisis.

It is simplistic merely to blame drivers, as Justice Minister Michael McDowell was accused of doing yesterday in a perceived Pontius Pilate act of washing the Government’s hands of blame.