Rural residents face paying 50% of road repair costs

The Government has been accused “of giving the two fingers” to people who live alongside publicly owned rural cul-de-sacs in Co Cork who will now have to pay double to get them repaired.

They pay car tax, household charges and development contributions, but councillors say these people are getting a “very raw deal” because they’re now being asked to pay 50% of the cost of repairing the road.

The Government has decided to increase local residents’ contributions for community road improvement schemes (CIS) from 25% to 50%.