Spokesperon available Re: Travel Plan National Ploughing Championships 2017

The National Ploughing Championships 2017 is being held in Screggan, Tullamore, Co. Offaly from 19th – 21st September, 2017. If travelling from the South, Gardaí are advising all motorists to exit the M8 at Junction 6, Horse and Jockey. From there motorists will be directed by Gardaí and stewards towards the event.

The full traffic plan can be found at the following link https://tinyurl.com/y8sux57y and a video for people travelling from the South can be found at https://tinyurl.com/y86d9g8j

Inspector John Lawless will be available today, 18th September 2017 between 3pm and 4pm for interviews. Requests for all interview can be sent to pressoffice@garda.ie

Note to editor: Inspector Lawless will be in Tullamore Garda Station and will be in a position to facilitate interviews to camera or for radio upon request.