Delay on New Ring Road?

Mr E

I was on the new ring road this morning, and I saw some cops and lots of people in yellow jackets (not cops) holding up traffic coming the other way (causing quite a tailback). Anyone know what it was about? It didn't look like the usual tax+insurance check.....

klong

sounds like customs and excise to me, i remember something similar happening on the shannon road one day; i was on my bike and they waved me through.

Mr E

I don't think so.... This road is 25 miles from Shannon Airport

445279.ie

TmB wrote:

I don't think so.... This road is 25 miles from Shannon Airport

But they do customs checks anywhere. It's checking for diesal

John2002

TmB wrote:

I don't think so.... This road is 25 miles from Shannon Airport

I've seen customs stopping a bunch of trucks out past Daly's Cross in Castleconnell on two occasions in the last couple of years.

bucks73

It might have been a census stop. I passed through two last week. One on the dock road and one just up from the Crescent Shopping centre. One Garda and four or five people with clipboards. Didnt get stopped myself. Just saw a sign both times with "Census" on it.

Just on the customs thing I was in a mates car on Friday going from Gort to Loughrea in Galway and we were stopped on a back road where they were checking for diesel. Female officer asked us to pull in and a male officer came up to the car. Mate said that he was driving a petrol car. Officer says "so why did you pull in". Some manners.

puntosporting

I passed this "census" stop,whats that all about?