Parking restrictions for cycling tour

SOME of the world’s top riders will tackle the country’s steepest hill twice this week as a international cycling race comes to Cork.

More than 100 professional cyclists will race up the city’s lung-busting St Patrick’s Hill at the end of stage one of the Tour of Ireland on Wednesday before a sprint finish in the city centre.

Race organisers have asked hundreds of northside residents living along the last few miles of the stage not to park on the streets.