Tourism leaders glad of road reprieve

Businesses have welcomed news that a strategic road on the Cork-Kerry border will not be closed during the height of the tourist season.

Kerry County Council had earlier planned to carry out roadworks for seven weeks in June and July on its side of “the tunnel” on the N71 between Glengarriff and Kenmare.

It initially said the €1.45m remedial works in the Bonane area might require the complete closure of the road.