THE proposed closure of a section of the N8 to Rathcormac village, Co Cork, will subject unsuspecting motorists to “highway robbery”, MEP Kathy Sinnott said yesterday.

THE opening of the Kinsale Road roundabout months ahead of schedule has again provoked business leaders to ask why a relatively minor city-centre project will take another 18 months to complete.

MOTORISTS used to being gridlocked in a North Cork town will soon breathe a sign of relief, with the announcement it will open well ahead of schedule next month.

WHEN finished it will weigh an astonishing 29,000 tonnes and at 450 metres will be the longest bridge of its type ever built in Ireland.

Around 60,000 drivers a day will benefit from the upgrading of a key section of the Naas-Dublin dual carriageway.

A TOTAL of 126 farmers have been notified of Cork County Council’s intention to buy their land for a tolled €150 million super highway, which could be built by a company heavily involved in the reconstruction of Iraq.