Road funding hampers Cork's bid to counterbalance Dublin

Some Cork county councillors believe that at the current level of funding to improve road infrastructure, the county will not become an economic counterbalance to Dublin.

Cork cannot become an economic counterbalance to Dublin with the current funding it gets for new and improved road infrastructure, county councillors have warned.

Several also maintained too much money is being spent on the development of greenways, at the expense in particular of carrying out safety improvements on dangerous roads.