A community which has campaigned for decades for the upgrade of a road known as the most dangerous stretch in Ireland is welcoming the news that the road is to be upgraded.

30 white crosses - each one marking a life lost - line the stretch on the N4 between Castlebaldwin and Collooney in Sligo.

Yesterday 102 million euro was included in the Government's Capital Funding plan for the upgrade of the road.

It will include a dual carriagway, six roundabouts, four road overbridges and a number of new side roads.

I've been speaking to Bernard Mulhern of the N4 Action Group about the reaction to the news: