The operator of the €295m Rathcormac-Fermoy bypass in Co Cork has posted revenues of €315,655 a week.

A collision yesterday on the main Dublin-Cork route was the third fatal incident in the last three years to involve an elderly motorist driving the wrong way on motorways in Cork.

The gently undulating landscape lying to the north of Cork city has a mix of farm and industrial life.

A postmortem to be carried out this morning will determine if gardaí launch a murder inquiry, or decide the death of a Polish man was accidental.