Formal call to scrap St Patrick’s St car ban

Under-fire Cork city officials are facing a formal call to suspend the controversial afternoon car ban on St Patrick’s St.

Formal call to scrap St Patrick’s St car ban

Fianna Fáil councillor Ken O’Flynn broke ranks with his party last night and tabled a motion calling for the traffic initiative to be suspended in the immediate interests of “jobs, confidence, and the national image of Cork”.

The motion, which will be discussed at a full council meeting next Monday, emerged after a lengthy meeting of the council’s roads committee and ahead of a traders’ meeting on the issue tomorrow night.

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