Refusal to rename road ‘disrespectful’ to women of Irish revolution, says Cork councillor

Transport chiefs have been accused of treating women as second-class citizens by refusing to implement the renaming of one of Cork’s busiest roads after the “forgotten women” of the Irish revolution.

Refusal to rename road ‘disrespectful’ to women of Irish revolution, says Cork councillor

The charge was levelled by Cork city councillor Mary Shields following confirmation the N40 Southern Ring Road will not be renamed the N40 — Bóthar Cumann na mBan, on safety and policy grounds.

“This omission is another example of women being treated as second-class citizens,” the former lord mayor said.

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