The new road safety strategy proposes the specific consideration of bringing in a 30 kilometre-per-hour default speed limit in urban areas, which could extend to towns and villages across the country. But is this a good idea?   To discuss, we were joined by Ciarán Cuffe, Green MEP for Dublin and Michael Healy-Rae, Independent TD for Kerry .

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