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Pothole plight: Young Armagh carer may be forced to quit ‘job I love’ because of cost of daily damage to car

'I've already busted two tyres. I paid a fortune for my car and I simply can't afford it with this job. I absolutely love what I do but the roads are absolutely terrible'

A young Armagh care worker says she may be forced to quit the job she loves because of the cost of repairing damage to her car caused by the "atrocious" state of pothole-ravaged roads. Mary Kelly attends clients locally in the Benburb, Blackwatertown and Eglish areas, as well as others in Tynan, which takes her along the Killylea Road. But branding the state of the roads she travels as “a joke”, she feels she can no longer afford to work and cover the cost of repairs. She told Armagh ...

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