On Friday’s Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by Bridget Fogarty, a widow from Crusheen who is still campaigning for safer roads following her husband’s death in a crash in the county over five years ago.
57-year-old Michael Fogarty, a father of three adult children, was driving his Ford Transit van when it was struck from behind by a Volvo articulated truck being driven by Paul Van Tamlin at the exit from the Galway to Limerick motorway at Tulla, outside Ennis on June 5th, 2018. Mr. Van Tamlin subsequently received a suspended 12-month jail sentence and a four-year driving ban.
During the sentencing hearing, Judge Brian O’Callaghan raised concerns about the design of the turn-off of the motorway at Junction 13. The issue was again highlighted at the inquest into the death last year.
Mr. Fogarty’s widow, Bridget, believes improvements to the road where her husband died would be the best monument to his memory.
You can listen to the full interview below.
