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Is the road through Borrisokane the worst surface in Ireland??

  • 07-01-2019 12:53am
    #1
    Masala
    Registered Users Posts: 3,462 ✭✭✭


    It's a disgrace....how the residents accept it I cannot understand.

    The surface is uneven, potholes everywhere and would shake the **** out of any car. obviously no one complains .. otherwise it would be a priority


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  • #2
    CrabRevolution
    Registered Users Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭CrabRevolution


    I have never seen it, but I refuse to believe it's worse than the Edenderry-Rathangan road.


  • #3
    bassy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,542 ✭✭✭bassy


    i persume you mean borrisokane


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    The N20 from Charleville to Buttevant is a heap.


  • #5
    force eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭force eleven


    I have driven through that town for twenty years and yes it is an appalling road, rutted and potholed from where you enter the town then leave it. Lovely road surface now outside of it both sides. I don't understand why it has never been done. Can only be politics. Does anyone know?


  • #6
    wing52
    Registered Users Posts: 277 ✭✭wing52


    Borrisokanes drainage was redone about a year ago.

    Then the budget ran out so its in limbo for the foreseeable future.


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  • #7
    Tuco88
    Registered Users Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭Tuco88


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    The N20 from Charleville to Buttevant is a heap.

    Yeah, once you hit buttevant the bootom of the car is like a scene from the Flintstones.


  • #8
    its_steve116
    Registered Users Posts: 2,392 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    I've never been there once.


  • #9
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,478 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Good news.

    http://tippfm.com/news/tipperary-county-council/borrisokane-road-works-back-track/


  • #10
    Cutie 3.14
    Registered Users Posts: 610 ✭✭✭Cutie 3.14


    The road in Fethard Co.Tipp, pure awful


  • #11
    orourkeda1977
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭orourkeda1977


    I rode your oul one though Borrisokane


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  • #12
    Sonics2k
    Registered Users Posts: 8,237 ✭✭✭Sonics2k


    Deleted User wrote: »
    The N20 from Charleville to Buttevant is a heap.

    Far worse roads in Ireland than the Charleville to Buttenant Road. Hell, driving through Bandon town itself is like an experience in pot hold dodging.


  • #13
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,441 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    Good news.

    http://tippfm.com/news/tipperary-county-council/borrisokane-road-works-back-track/
    That story is from October. I have a suspicion the work hasn't been done yet.


  • #14
    The Satanist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 693 ✭✭✭The Satanist


    Isn't that Lowry land? They don't deserve anything better.


  • #15
    Feisar
    Registered Users Posts: 6,597 ✭✭✭Feisar


    CrabRevolution wrote: »
    I have never seen it, but I refuse to believe it's worse than the Edenderry-Rathangan road.

    I travel a lot for work, that is about the worst bit of road in the country I've come across.

    First they came for the socialists...



  • #16
    realdanbreen
    Registered Users Posts: 8,080 ✭✭✭realdanbreen


    Drove through Borrisokane last evening, in an awful state. Strange place Borris, a bit of a maverick town which always seemed to be treated as the runt of the litter.


  • #17
    2smiggy
    Registered Users Posts: 19,922 ✭✭✭✭2smiggy


    Deleted User wrote: »
    The N20 from Charleville to Buttevant is a heap.

    most of it is a wide main road, with no potholes, except for the last 2 miles or so coming into Buttevant on the Charleville side. If this is your idea of the worst road in the country you must not have been on many roads


  • #18
    Masala
    Registered Users Posts: 3,462 ✭✭✭Masala


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    Good news.

    http://tippfm.com/news/tipperary-county-council/borrisokane-road-works-back-track/

    Jeez.... 18 months to complete!! So more misery to come driving thru the town.


  • #19
    Masala
    Registered Users Posts: 3,462 ✭✭✭Masala


    realdanbreen wrote: »
    Drove through Borrisokane last evening, in an awful state. Strange place Borris, a bit of a maverick town which always seemed to be treated as the runt of the litter.

    ... it's the road to nowhere!!!


  • #20
    realdanbreen
    Registered Users Posts: 8,080 ✭✭✭realdanbreen


    Masala wrote: »
    ... it's the road to nowhere!!!


    Well you kind of have to go through it if you're going to or from Limerick to places like Athlone/Tullamore. + was always a great spot for the women!


  • #21
    dodgygeezer
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭dodgygeezer


    Athleague Co. Roscommon. Extraordinary obstacle course.


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  • #22
    topper75
    Registered Users Posts: 5,942 ✭✭✭topper75


    Masala wrote: »
    ... it's the road to nowhere!!!

    I think it has fine potential. Just needs TLC. Road is the obvious start point for that.
    Surroundings are lovely - great land, Georgian archi, tall trees, and proximity to lake. Most of the rest of Ireland is easily reached.


  • #23
    realdanbreen
    Registered Users Posts: 8,080 ✭✭✭realdanbreen


    Getting back to the important aspect, Borrisokane & women.
    There are some towns(and Borrisokane is one of them) that can be happy hunting grounds so to speak when it comes to women, Gort in Co Galway is another one that comes to mind.


  • #24
    Turbohymac
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭Turbohymac


    Read something a few weeks ago where theres funding in place for main street borrisokane but not sure exactly what's being done...


  • #25
    Muckka
    Registered Users Posts: 498 ✭✭Muckka


    I'd say Oranmore isn't far behind to be honest.


  • #26
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users Posts: 6,803 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    Muckka wrote: »
    I'd say Oranmore isn't far behind to be honest.

    Station Road is gone cat alright, that said it might be a good thing the way knobs blast up and down it.

    Seven Worlds will Collide



  • #27
    realdanbreen
    Registered Users Posts: 8,080 ✭✭✭realdanbreen


    Masala wrote: »
    It's a disgrace....how the residents accept it I cannot understand.

    The surface is uneven, potholes everywhere and would shake the **** out of any car. obviously no one complains .. otherwise it would be a priority


    Went through Borrisokane last night, if anything the road is worse now!r


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