Cork-Limerick motorway 'viable' says Michael Noonan

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has suggested the Cork-Limerick motorway could be built as long as tolls are included.

Cork-Limerick motorway 'viable' says Michael Noonan

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has suggested the Cork-Limerick motorway could be built as long as tolls are included, writes Padraig Hoare.

Speaking at the Budgetary Oversight Committee, he said the €800m project could not be funded alone by the State as it was “way beyond what was affordable” but that it might be viable if tolling was applied.

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