Limerick County Council has been urged to do more to save red squirrels in the county.
The council recently erected a 'Caution - squirrels crossing' signs at Friarstown.
However, local resident Tom McNamara said that rope flyovers are also needed to keep squirrels off the road as an average of 20 animals are being killed there a year.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, he said the council and the State have an obligation to deal with the issue, because the State signed up to the Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats in 1979.
He said the squirrel is a protected species under the 1976 Wildlife Act and deserves to be taken care of.
Mr McNamara said similar rope bridges are in operation in the UK and Belgium.
