Nine multinationals employing 5,000 people in a Cork town say they are “deeply frustrated” that the concerns of the local community were “ignored” by planners designing a new motorway.

Residents and major industries in Ringaskiddy are united in their opposition to the proposed M28 motorway route as it will sever the Co Cork harbourside village.

ON her highly creditable fourth to Winchester at Leopardstown, Always Beautiful looked to have the easy winning of the Charleville Maiden at Cork last night. However, the layers were against the filly in the morning and she was available at 7-4.

THE haulage firm at the centre of an investigation into a hazardous chemical spillage is facing a massive clean-up bill, it emerged yesterday.