Macroom bypass a step closer as legal way cleared

Plans for a multimillion euro 40km bypass of one of the worst bottlenecks on the main Cork to Kerry road have taken a major step forward.

A High Court challenge against the Macroom bypass on the N22, approved by An Bord Pleanála in Apr 2011, has concluded.

Ms Justice Iseult O’Malley dismissed the application of Eileen Stack Shanahan and Gerard Sheehan for leave to appeal an earlier High Court decision which rejected a judicial review of the board’s 2011 approval of the dual carriageway from Ballyvourney to Coolcower.