A decade-long lack of investment in major roads projects has caused a major traffic jam in Cork — literally and figuratively.

It’s easy to make inflammatory statements that do nothing to address the complex challenges we face as a society.

Fianna Fáil members who would consider entering Government with Sinn Féin should either remove Micheál Martin as leader or else rule out such a coalition, Fine Gael senator Jerry Buttimer says.

Fianna Fáil members who would consider entering Government with Sinn Féin should either remove Micheál Martin as leader or else rule out such a coalition, Fine Gael senator Jerry Buttimer has said.

The Government does not know what the full cost of the M20 will be.

A minister for City Regions is required by the incoming Government to drive a progressive urban agenda the Cork Chamber has said in their election manifesto.

Cork county councillors have welcomed this news and yesterday's signing of a contract to design a planned northern relief road in Mallow.

Cork county councillors are lobbying counterparts in other counties to try and scupper a motorway motion coming before a Southern Regional Assembly (SRA) meeting which they believe will position Limerick as the country's second city.

Key figures in Cork’s business and hospitality sectors have asked to meet developers, BAM, to seek reassurances about the stalled event centre project.

We may not have full control over our economy after Brexit, but there is nothing to stop national investment outside of Dublin, except bureaucracy and Government obfuscation.

A PROFILE site with 140m frontage to Limerick City’s Dock Road, and in an area earmarked as an economic development hub with docklands focus has been put to market for the Shannon Foynes Port Company.

The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has warned that delays in infrastructure projects in the south of the country will have repercussions for Ireland's economy.

Cork can reach its potential to compete with Dublin and other European cities but we must tackle the planning strategy that is failing this generation. There is no place for slogans and partisan politics, argues Michael O’Flynn

The Taoiseach has admitted that the 2016 pre-election sod turning on the stalled Cork event centre was a mistake.

In a little over a month almost 400,000 voters in Cork, Limerick, and Waterford will decide on a proposal to have directly elected mayors run their city. That idea is one of four to be determined on May 24. Local and European elections, and a referendum on our divorce legislation, are also scheduled.

The most senior roads engineer in Co Cork doubts there will be any change in the route previously chosen for the Cork-Limerick motorway (M20), despite consultants being paid €15m to revisit it.

Both Limerick and Cork Chambers have long argued that a motorway linking the two cities is vital for the economy in the south of the country.

A lobby group has said building a direct motorway link between Cork and Limerick is a major waste of taxpayers' money, because there is another one planned which will link the two cities.

Cork County Council members are questioning the cost of a new design for the proposed Cork-Limerick motorway and the likely delay in securing planning, again, for the M20 route.

"I can't give guarantees on behalf of the Republic of Ireland but I cannot for a moment believe that they will want to put in place administrative systems which we don't put in place."

Limerick’s local authority says it hopes to have a design team for the new M20 motorway to Cork in place by September.

A North Cork town faces gridlock for several years to come as there are no plans to provide a bypass in advance of the construction of a Cork-Limerick motorway.

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The long-mooted Northern Ring Road to unlock the economic potential of Cork city’s northside is more crucial than the proposed €850m M20 motorway between Cork and Limerick, a planning expert has said.

The Government’s grand plan for the future of the country has been branded little more than a “marketing exercise” with most of its promises and a third of its funding previously announced.

The gulf in planned development between Cork and Kerry is highlighted by the number of mentions each county gets in both the national development plan (NDP) and the longer term Project Ireland 2040.

Leo Varadkar and the Government have launched a €116bn plan to prepare Ireland for the future following a special Cabinet meeting at the Institute of Technology in Sligo.

Multibillion-euro projects to support rural areas, build new hospitals and to fund start-up businesses will be unveiled today under the long-awaited national development plan.

As president of the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland, I am keenly aware of the challenges and opportunities facing Ireland’s FDI base in 2018.

The Rural and Community Development Minister says he believes the new National Development Plan will promote jobs in rural communities.

The proposed M20 motorway is certain to be included in the Government’s 10-year capital plan later this month, it can be revealed.

Leo Varadkar expects the Government support pact with Fianna Fáil will survive beyond its three-year term and he will negotiate an extension to the deal with the opposition party next year.

The M20 Limerick-Cork motorway is a national priority for the Government, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe assured a meeting of business leaders in Limerick.

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.

The Minister for Finance has told a post budget meeting of business leaders in Limerick that the M20 Limerick-Cork motorway is a national priority for government.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is committed to ensuring ‘that all roads no longer go to Dublin’, writes Political Correspondent Juno McEnroe.

LEO VARADKAR, making his first visit to Cork as Taoiseach, brought good news from Dublin yesterday, when at a Chamber of Commerce and Irish Examiner business breakfast he announced that planning work on the long-awaited Cork-Limerick motorway was at last to be started.

The Cork to Limerick motorway will go ahead, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has pledged, saying that money is “no longer a barrier” to progressing the project.

The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has confirmed the M20 Cork/Limerick motorway will be part of the 10-year capital spending plan to be announced in December.

The Government has made no commitment to developing the M20, which would connect Limerick and Cork city.

Town planning firm Coakley O’Neill argues that simplifying the planning process to build more homes is not the same as fast-tracking prjects. Pádraig Hoare talks to the firm’s Aiden O’Neill

The focus has been on the development of the M20 motorway, between Cork and Limerick, of late.