Transport Infrastructure Ireland gives dairy sector ‘two fingers’

The Government and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) have been accused of “giving the two fingers” to the dairy industry as well as to hauliers and commuters.

Co Cork mayor John Paul O’Shea said the refusal by the TII — formerly the NRA — to pay more than €400,000 to upgrade the main roundabout in Mallow was a recipe for traffic disaster.

He raised the issue yesterday at the Northern Division meeting of Cork County Council, claiming TII’s refusal to add an additional lane to the roundabout at Annabella — on the main Cork-Limerick road — would lead to traffic chaos.