M20 motorway can bring thousands of new jobs

The M20 motorway between Cork and Limerick will enhance the entire region economically and socially while bringing new life to towns like Charleville, Co Cork.

That was the message from interested parties at a business breakfast in the north Cork town yesterday, where speakers including Agriculture Minister Michael Creed and William Batt of Indecon economic consultants outlined how the long-mooted upgrade of the Cork-Limerick road would be a boon to Munster industry.

Mr Batt told the briefing at Charleville Park Hotel that his firm had completed an independent assessment of the socio-economic benefits of the M20 motorway between the two cities.