The country’s latest toll road opened in Co Cork today eight months ahead of schedule designed to take 17,000 vehicles a day out of Fermoy town centre.

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.

TRANSPORT Minister Seamus Brennan wants to fast track a new motorway system linking Dublin and Cork.

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.