The Transport Minister says it won't be mandatory for housing estates to apply a 20 kilometre an hour speed limit when new laws are introduced later this year.
Paschal Donohoe is today unveiling changes to rural road signs and new “urban slow zones” in housing estates.
It will see the speed limit in residential areas reduced to 30 kilometres per hour, while further rules later this year will give the option of a 20 kilometre limit.
A number of Tipperary County Councillors have made calls recently for the introduction of the 20k limit in housing estates across the county.
However Minster Donohoe says the setting of the limit will be at the discretion of the local authority.