Her life, in photographs
A life full of love.
Family days. Shared laughter. Adventures together. Photographs chosen by Mike to remember Bronagh beyond the road and the records.
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Roadworks, the bank and the open-drain question
Exposed earth beside the approach, drainage and the protection questions. Read the dated family photographs alongside the council’s descriptions of works—and the records needed to establish what was done and when.
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The bend, the warnings and the bridge wall
What warned a driver before the bend, and what condition was the bridge edge in? The account separates advance warnings, the recorded bridge-signage field and DWA’s later survey.
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The engineering record and the council’s response
Significant damage was recorded before Bronagh died. Follow the inspection entries, the later internal-review response and the questions about decisions, interim protection and repairs.
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2023: Tipperary’s highest county death count
Sixteen deaths were recorded for Tipperary in the RSA’s provisional 2023 release—the highest county count in that table. See the dated source and why a count is not a rate.
Read articleThe 80-to-60 motion: what the council requested
Read the motion seeking selective application, its recorded support, the subsequent legal-advice referral and the national change that still took effect. This was not a vote that stopped the 80-to-60 reduction.
Read articleCahir–Cashel: questions, requests and decisions
Who raised the bridge concerns, what was requested, and how did the council respond? Follow the dated Cahir–Cashel record, linked documents and outstanding questions.
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Councillor payments and expenses: follow the figures
Open the council’s published payments register and read the categories separately: remuneration, allowances and claimed expenses are not the same thing. Follow the document period and individual headings, rather than an unexplained total.
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Rain, loose soil and the road edge
How rain can detach exposed soil, carry sediment and leave material on a road. The research explains the mechanisms and protective measures without presenting them as a reconstruction of this collision.
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The 80-to-60 motion
On 14 October 2024, Tipperary County Council debated Motion 2861 about new default speed limits.
1 May 2025 family road photograph; later context; bridge not visible.
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Watch page and transcriptLocal requests for lower limits
In October 2024, councillors reported that people in their areas had sought lower speed limits.
1 May 2025 family road-and-bank photograph; later context; bridge not visible.
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Watch page and transcriptTipperary’s 2023 county count
The RSA release dated 1 January 2024 lists sixteen road deaths in Tipperary during the full year 2023.
1 May 2025 family road-approach photograph; later context; not an image of the 2023 events.
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Watch page and transcriptWhich roads changed to 60?
The Department of Transport announced the default change from 80 to 60 km/h on rural local roads that day.
1 May 2025 family road photograph; later context; bridge not visible.
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Watch page and transcriptWhat the 1 May photograph shows
The family took this road-approach photograph on 1 May 2025, after the crash.
1 May 2025 family photograph; after the 24 April 2025 collision; bridge not visible.
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Watch page and transcriptWhich documents date the works?
The Council’s engineering inspection of bridge TY-L3151-B-010 is dated 21 January 2025.
1 May 2025 family road photographs are later context; they do not date works.
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Watch page and transcriptWhat the January inspector recorded
January’s engineering inspection records four areas of missing stonework upstream and two downstream.
2026 family wall photograph is later context; exact month not asserted.
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Watch page and transcriptFrom inspection to completion
The 21 January 2025 engineering inspection records an overall rating of Significant Damage.
2026 family wall photograph is later context; no exact month asserted.
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Watch page and transcriptUse the controls or scroll to move through eight silent, captioned explainers.
Factual record. No finding of causation or responsibility is made here.
Who she was
Remember Bronagh as herself.
What Bronagh faced
The bank just before the turn
The family’s account of rain, clay and loose material is presented alongside the inspection records and DWA’s later engineering survey. Start with the bank, then follow the connected pages about rain, soil and worksite safety.
Drawn from documents
The public record
The record describes conditions and sources without identifying who caused them. The family’s account, inspection material, survey notes and safety pages remain distinct.
The bank just before the turnFamily account and source notes.Rainfall and the bankStation data, photographs and limits.Loose soil banksGeneral mechanisms, not a collision reconstruction.21 January 2025Inspection record, including wall, capping and signage fields.Council worksite safetyDocuments, records and questions concerning the worksite.Public record PDFRead or share the compiled public record.
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Follow the whole record.
Start with Bronagh’s memorial, then move through the bridge, council, road and source pages.