Councillors: M24 would spell 'disaster' for Cork and make Limerick 'Ireland's second city'

Cork county councillors are lobbying counterparts in other counties to try and scupper a motorway motion coming before a Southern Regional Assembly (SRA) meeting which they believe will position Limerick as the country's second city.

Cllr Gerard Murphy, a member of the SRA, told fellow councillors at a meeting in Mallow that Limerick City and County Council have put forward a motion at next month's SRA meeting which, if adopted as policy, will severely disadvantage Cork and Kerry and open the door to Limerick becoming the largest economic hub outside of Dublin.