Call for road work scheme for jobless

THE Taoiseach and Minister for the Environment have been urged to allow unemployed people to work on damaged rural roads in Co Cork.

Cllr Jim Daly, chairman of the council’s western division, has written to both Brian Cowen and John Gormley asking them to fund a local authority-run community work scheme in the region.

The Fine Gael councillor said he wanted Cork County Council to recruit people, in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance, for a period of three months.