New tour buses unable to travel Cork-Kerry route

MODERN tour coaches cannot access a strategic tunnel route between Cork and Kerry.

Fears have been expressed that the tourist industry in the south-west will suffer as a result.

Cork County Council engineers are to seek funding from the National Roads Authority (NRA) to raise the height of the historic tunnel which connects Glengarriff and Kenmare after it was discovered that new “high-line” coaches cannot pass through it.