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Dublin checkpoints are as useful as ‘a man with one leg in a kicking ass contest’, says a front line worker stuck in traffic for FIVE hours
A frontline Dublin worker said Operation Fanacht checkpoints are as useful as “a one-legged man in a kick-ass competition” after being stuck in traffic for nearly FIVE hours on the way. to work.
HSE worker Gareth Flanagan makes the trip from his home in Ballyfermot to Naas every morning, about a half hour drive on a typical day.
But yesterday’s hellish work lasted from roughly 8:30 to 1:15 p.m. – four hours and forty-five spent mostly sitting in traffic on the M50 and Naas Road amid the rush hour chaos brought on by the new COVID-19 compliance. Checkpoints.
And after an excruciatingly slow and dangerous journey, our source claims that he was not even asked a single question when he got to the front of the queue.
“I’m just at work now,” he raged at precisely 1:17 pm after keeping us updated throughout the day.
“They didn’t even stop me at a checkpoint, they are signaling everyone to come in.
“It’s a total joke, a waste of time and manpower. Those checkpoints are as useful as a one-legged man in a kick-ass competition.”
The delay had forced him to log into an important meeting from the driver’s seat while he was stuck on the M50.
“I had a meeting at 9:30,” he said.
“I got a phone call in the car, I had been sitting on the M50 for 45 minutes.
“They are preventing me from going to work. It’s a headache.”
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