‘Significant setback’ as minister says no money available for Mallow bypass

Minister for Transport Paschal Donohoe has told the NRA it can’t reactivate planning permission for the M20 (Cork-Limerick motorway) and there’s no money available to build a much-needed northern bypass around Mallow.

Cork county councillors criticised the minister’s decisions, while their chief executive, Tim Lucey, described the news as “a significant setback”.

However, councillors have been given an opportunity to put their case for the roads to the minister on April 29 and are anxious to show him the economic necessity for the bypass in particular.