Will it take a death before action?

It really looks like a death will have to occur before proper action is taken at accident black spot Thompson's Cross.

That's the view of Sabina Reddy, a local resident, in a further email to Kildare County Council following the latest crash there last night, which left a family 'very shaken' after their car overshot the junction and ended up against the (much battered) roadsigns across from the Kilgowan road.

Her previous communication to the Council, on 14 October, related to a smiliar accident involving an articulated lorry. In it she noted that it is the responsibility of the Council to make the junction safe.

The junction was built as part of the works for the M9 extension opened a year ago.

Sabina says that, at the very least, a series of warning signs need to be put up on the approach to the junction from Kilgowan, including an 'Accident Black Spot' indication. But she echoes the widespread local opinion that a roundabout incorporating the Sunnyhill Road junction is the best solution.