Councillors are warning that a proposed multi-million euro housing development cannot proceed in an already traffic-congested town without an advance major upgrade of a seriously inadequate road infrastructure.

THE National Roads Authority (NRA) believes planning permission should be refused for 1,210 houses on the outskirts of Cork City because it would lead to even further traffic congestion at the Jack Lynch Tunnel/Dunkettle interchange.

Tommy Barker on a modern development adorned with ancient limes.

BILLED as an ideal family home, this four-bed detached home in Parkgate in Cork has green play areas on either side, a local shop, plus two new retail rivals also nearby for inveterate shoppers.