Traffic gridlock in Cork damaging economy and turning people off public transport, council told

Earlier this week, a study by sat-nav company TomTom found Cork was more congested than London, Toronto or Rome. Picture: Larry Cummins

Repeated gridlock in Cork City is damaging its economy and turning a generation off public transport.

The warnings come after another night of citywide gridlock sparked by a raft of separate but simultaneous road traffic incidents on key roads.