Funds secured to upgrade lethal stretch of road

IT may have come too late for many grieving families but the long-awaited upgrade of one of the most dangerous national secondary roads in the country could prevent further deaths.

Land was acquired as far back as 1979 to realign a lethal section of the N72 in north Cork, but the proposed works on the Fermoy-Mallow road did not proceed.

As a result, the proposed redesign of a stretch between Killavullen and Castletownroche was shelved — until recently.