Fermoy suffers as motorists avoid toll road

Public representatives are seeking an urgent meeting with a toll company which manages a section of the M8 in an effort to ease traffic gridlock in a provincial town off the motorway linking Cork and Dublin.

Thousands of mainly toll-dodging motorists continue to travel through the busy town of Fermoy to avoid paying levies.

As a result, lengthy tailbacks are common, especially at peak travel periods and particularly on Friday evenings in the north Cork town.