Farmers pledge land in bid to cut road fatalities

The transport minister will be advised that farmers are prepared to donate land to help upgrade a notoriously dangerous stretch of road in West Cork — which has claimed, among others, the life of an 8-year-old girl.

Zoe Scannell, from Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick, was killed and her mother Alisha seriously injured in a two-car collision near Owenahincha, Rosscarbery, last month.

Last year, Sheila McDonald, 64, died after the car in which she was travelling collided with an articulated lorry near the same spot. There have been many other serious incidents in the area in recent years.