Closure of Cork-Kerry mountain route postponed

Plans to close a spectacular mountain route between Cork and Kerry for road repairs have been postponed.

Thousands of tourists are lured to the three rock-cut tunnels on the main road between Glengarriff in West Cork and Kenmare in south Kerry.

The county border line runs through one of the hand-hewn tunnels on the N71, the main artery through West Cork and into Kerry through the Caha Mountains.