A sober scrollytelling record of one line item in a 2014 bridge inspection report, the inspections and grades that followed, the council’s written words on funding, and the public sums set beside it—nothing more.
Killardry Bridge · Structure TS-LP3101-001.00
NRA Eirspan Principal Inspection Report, TS-LP3101-001.00, printed 25-02-2014 (FOI 174/25)
2014 Eirspan Principal Inspection — from the 2013 survey
NRA Eirspan Principal Inspection Report, TS-LP3101-001.00, printed 25-02-2014 (FOI 174/25)
Parapets: “Some loose/missing stones and some repointing is required on both parapets.” Repair scheduled 2017: €450
NRA Eirspan 2014, Component 4 — Parapets/Safety barrier (rating 2); K repointing €250 + J repair €200. Shown: the parapet, Google Street View, October 2011.
Next principal inspection listed: 2016. Whole-bridge works total in the same report: €5,545.
NRA Eirspan Principal Inspection Report 2014 — year for next principal inspection 2016; total repair cost €5,545
Council (internal review): “sufficient funding was not available for inspection of the bridge in 2016, and no subsequent inspection took place.”
TCC Decision on Internal Review (FOI appeal response to Gillian O'Mahony, Lynch Solicitors)
On the 2017 parapet works: “the repair works listed in the report have not been carried out.”
TCC Decision on Internal Review — verbatim on dependence on Department of Transport funding
20 Jun 2024 PMS maintenance inspection: “Warning.”
PMS maintenance inspection, Anthony Coffey, TCC, 20 Jun 2024. Shown: the same parapet, Google Street View, July 2024.
21 Jan 2025 PMS engineering inspection: “Significant Damage”; downstream wall capping “partly removed.”
PMS engineering inspection, Mark Murphy Consultants, 21 Jan 2025. Shown: the roadside at the bridge, dated frame, January 2025 — no parapet visible above the grass verge.
€450 (2014 parapet line) · 2025 payments to 40 councillors: €1,858,877.22 (pay + allowances + expenses; ~€0.63m allowances & expenses)
Eirspan 2014 €450 line; Tipperary CoCo Public Register of Payments to Members 2025 Q1–Q4 totals €420,222.98 + €479,527.44 + €439,924.17 + €519,202.63
2024 roads division spend: €63,082,981. Bridge Rehabilitation grant 2024: €1,159,149 (11 bridges; Killardry not named).
Tipperary CoCo audited AFS / 2024 Annual Report; DoT Bridge Rehabilitation grant figures
2023: 16 road deaths in Tipperary — highest county total in Ireland (RSA).
RSA News Release 1 Jan 2024 county table
Where are the priorities? · Documented public record only. No finding on causation. Legal proceedings are live.
Scope card — synthesis of cited FOI/Eirspan/PMS/AFS/RSA registers; live proceedings note