Varadkar says M20 won’t open before 2023

Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has said he cannot see the proposed €800m Cork-Limerick (M20) motorway opening before 2023.

The project has been mothballed because of the state of the public finances, but in the meantime, Cork County Council officials hope Mr Varadkar will sanction a number of smaller projects along that route.

County manager Martin Riordan, county engineer Noel O’Keeffe, and the Mayor of County Cork, Cllr Tim Lombard (FG), led a delegation to meet Mr Varadkar and outline to him their wish list.