Objectors to the proposed €180m Cork-Ringaskiddy motorway say it would split communities, cause increased physical and mental health problems, reduce life expectancy, and significantly devalue their properties.

Sligo County Council has been ordered to pay most of the costs arising from a multi-million euro legal action over a public rights of way row at the historic Lissadell Estate.

The owners of the historic Lissadell Estate have won an appeal against a finding that rights of way exist on the property.

Following a protracted legal battle, the High Court has ruled that public rights of way do exist at the historic Lissadell estate in Sligo.

The legal row over the existence of rights of way through the historic Lissadell Estate in Co Sligo has been adjourned for several weeks.