Busy city tunnel to close at night

ONE of the country’s busiest tunnels and link roads, between the north and south of Cork city, is to close every night for up to six months for work to bring it into line with new EU fire regulations.

The National Roads Authority (NRA) confirmed last night that the multimillion-euro project at the Jack Lynch Tunnel will close it completely for 11 hours each weekday night from October until March 2012.

The Dublin Port Tunnel is compliant with the regulations, but the busy Cork tunnel, which was opened in May 1999, is not.