Street politics: life in the slow lane

An estate agent will tell you Carrigaline is seven miles and 10 minutes from Cork city — but like many such mushrooming satellite towns around the country, the reality is radically different, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

THE bright yellow gorse that splashes the roadside between Cork and Carrigaline glows in the early summer sunshine, and the young leaves on the trees glisten and sway in the breeze.

A passing motorist has plenty of time to admire nature’s adornments on this stretch of road, no matter what time of day it is.