Council and gardaí to examine opening an ‘emergency route’ into Cobh

Cork County Council officials are to hold talks with gardaí and landowners in an attempt to get an ‘emergency’ route opened in Cobh.

Councillors heard yesterday that a fatal crash on Fota Rd, the sole route in and out of Cobh, recently caused considerable disruption and virtually cut off Great Island.

Gardaí were forced to shut down a section of the main road close to the Fota Island Hotel & Spa after a young woman died in a two-car collision.