The peril posed by speeding in Teemore took centre stage during May’s meeting of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council.

Road safety was paramount to Councillor Adam Gannon’s proposal as he looked for ways to improve crossing the road at Teemore Cross.

Further intervention came from Ulster Unionist Councillor Robert Irvine on the issue who called for a speed limit reduction in the village.

Councillor Gannon said that the road was “very dangerous” and expressed concerns that houses are planned for the area where residents must cross a busy road to access the shop, the school and the church.

He said: “I propose we write to the minister that he instructs staff to look at ways to improve crossing safety and it is simply because we’ve exhausted everything we can do, we need a bit of impetuous from the top. We are not getting anywhere going around in local circles”

His motion was seconded by Bernard McGrath, SDLP.

Councillor Irvine raised the broader issue of road safety on the Derrylin Road or the A509 at Teemore. He said: “I use the A509 quite a lot, once you come into Teemore on the A509, it is reduced from the standard 60-mile limit to 40.

“It may be a requirement to reduce the speed limit down to 30, I know road service would have criteria to actually do that, it is a fast road.

"I have remarked, and am sure Councillor Gannon and other councillors in the area. There are a lot of people who do not heed the 40 miles an hour speed limit coming down there.

“That is not just in the evening, in late hours or going into darkness, it is during the day and they could be revving up your rear end. If I can use that vernacular for the back of the car, at 45 or 50mph rather than 40mph.

He called for a review of the speed limit in the area due to an increase in the density of the population going forward and called for a staged reduction of the speed in the area.