Limerick T.D Jan O' Sullivan is calling for the implementation of a traffic management system akin to Operation Freeflow, which was used in Dublin for many years to keep traffic moving at Christmas. The Labour T.D said: "There is gridlock on our roads at the moment due to wet weather and extra volumes of traffic on the main roads around the city". "The Government should sanction the deployment of extra Gardaí to keep junctions and yellow boxes clear at this time of the year.