Cork northern ring road ‘vital to city’

The long-mooted northern ring road for Cork’s northside is as important to the region as the proposed M20 motorway between Cork and Limerick, according to leading business figures in the city.

Deputy chief executive and director of economic development at Cork City Council, Pat Ledwidge warned that without the northern ring road, traffic coming into the city from a newly-constructed motorway would be a “horror story”.

As it stands, traffic comes from Limerick around Blackpool while Dublin traffic comes through the Dunkettle interchange near Glanmire.