Snails to delay road building

KERRY slugs and Cork landowners could together slow the progress of a major new road project in the north of the county to a snail’s pace.

Yesterday, revised plans for the N22 between Ballincollig and Ballyvorney were unveiled in Macroom Town Hall.

However, its progress depends on the results of an environmental assessment of the threat the projects poses to the protected species of snail in Ballyvourney.