Calls for road upgrade after death toll reaches six

THE Cork-Tralee (N22) road has claimed its sixth life this year, making it the most dangerous road in the south of the country.

Gardaí say that if large parts of it aren’t upgraded soon, many more will die.

Senior gardaí made a plea to fast-track the extension of the Ballincollig bypass to the west of Ballyvourney after a 59-year-old man was fatally knocked down near Farnanes on Monday evening.