Taoiseach: Part of Cork's €600m BusConnects plan has left elderly in tears

Taoiseach Micheal Martin: 'Destroying the character of certain neighbourhoods was never on anybody's agenda.' Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

The Taoiseach has said a key element of the €600m BusConnects plan for Cork has caused “extraordinary anxiety” and has left elderly people crying in their homes.

Micheál Martin said he shares the concerns of the city’s Fianna Fáil councillors about the National Transport Authority's (NTA) draft plans for 12 new strategic transport corridors (STCs). He also criticised the NTA which he said could have handled the matter in a “better way”.