The proposed Cork-Limerick M20 motorway would not only recoup the State’s investment but double it if the project was given the green light, the Government’s original research shows.

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The Government needs only a €200m budget adjustment to reach the 3% fiscal deficit target agreed with the troika which gives it scope to introduce tax cuts and an increase in investment, according to Ibec Cork.