Row over lengthy delay to repair motorway

A row has broken out between the National Roads Authority, a prominent businessman and a county councillor over why it has taken five months to repair a section of motorway on the Cork/Limerick border.

The NRA closed a mile-long section of the fast lanes northbound and southbound of the M8 motorway near Kilbehenny in October following what it called “drainage problems” on the newly-built highway.

NRA spokesman Sean O’Neill said yesterday these drainage problems would be addressed shortly by the motorway contractor.