Cork property owner offers council free land for road to relieve traffic at Little Island

A property owner has offered to provide the authorities with land, free of charge, to develop an essential road into one of the country’s industrial powerhouses, now grinding to a halt due to traffic gridlock, writes Sean O’Riordan.

The Irish Examiner understands the offer has been made to Cork County Council by a local landowner in Little Island. The offer would greatly reduce the costs of building a third access road into the village and industrial hub on its eastern side, close to Cobh Cross, on the outskirts of Cork city.