{"id":435192,"date":"2026-04-14T20:10:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/435192\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T20:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:10:42","slug":"luck-of-god-someone-hasnt-been-killed-calls-for-traffic-calming-at-limerick-soccer-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/435192\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Luck of God someone hasn\u2019t been killed\u2019 \u2013 Calls for traffic calming at Limerick soccer pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"334\" data-end=\"496\">URGENT calls are being made for traffic calming measures at a busy Limerick soccer club as a councillor warned it is the \u201cluck of God someone hasn\u2019t been killed there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"498\" data-end=\"653\">Fine Gael councillor Liam Galvin tabled a motion calling on the council to carry out immediate traffic calming measures at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/131\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Abbeyfeale United Soccer Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"873\">Speaking at the April meeting of the Newcastle West Municipal District, Cllr Galvin said explained a woman was recently \u201crear-ended\u201d while exiting the car park following her child\u2019s training session at the club.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"875\" data-end=\"891\"><strong data-start=\"875\" data-end=\"889\">Read next:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/planning\/2052373\/planning-permission-granted-for-60-homes-and-playground-near-clare-limerick-border.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Planning permission granted for 60 homes and playground near Clare-Limerick border<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"893\" data-end=\"1055\">He said the woman\u2019s car was \u201cwrote off\u201d, while the other vehicle had minimal damage, adding that it was \u201cthe luck of God that someone hasn\u2019t been killed there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1057\" data-end=\"1255\">Cllr Galvin said the pedestrian crossing also poses a risk, noting there \u201ccould be better signage\u201d on the approach, with cars often having to brake suddenly to avoid children and parents crossing.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1257\" data-end=\"1415\">He added that a \u201cspeed ramp on both approaches\u201d would improve safety at the club, stressing that it must be a \u201cfocal point as we are dealing with children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1417\" data-end=\"1471\">The motion was seconded by councillor Francis Foley.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1473\" data-end=\"1652\">In a written reply, Senior Executive Engineer Ben Noonan said the installation of ramps and other traffic calming measures is subject to Limerick City and County Council policy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1654\" data-end=\"1741\">\u201cThis location will be examined further in the coming weeks as per policy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"URGENT calls are being made for traffic calming measures at a busy Limerick soccer club as a councillor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[76],"tags":[35582,18,19,17,1844,9213,7193,132],"class_list":["post-435192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-abbeyfeale","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick","tag-limerick-city-and-county-council","tag-roads","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116404881535893220","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}