Residents of a south-east Clare village are said to be "held captive in their own houses" due to the speed at which traffic passes by their homes. As of this month, speed limits on national secondary roads have been reduced from 100 km/h to 80 km/h, while on rural roads they're down from 80 km/h to 60 km/h. Reductions have also been seen in built up areas like housing estates from 50 km/h to 30 km/h, but Cratloe Fianna Fáil Councillor Pat O'Gorman is arguing that as his village has no housing estates, its roads aren't seeing any road safety improvements. He says the traffic on Cratloe's satellite roads is akin to a funeral procession at peak times.
