Cork’s coastal roads 'under increasing pressure' from climate change

Coastal erosion has caused damage to a road and dunes near Youghal, Co Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins

Many of Cork county’s coastal roads “are under increasing pressure due to their proximity to dynamic shorelines and the intensifying effects of climate change”.

That is according to a senior Cork County Council official who said that the local authority is taking steps to protect the roads as global warming intensifies.