Fears Cork is 'shooting itself in the foot' with non-opening new bridge

Bridge plans for Cork city quays under scrutiny.  Picture: Larry Cummins

The chairman of an umbrella body which represents 140 European ports dealing with cruise liners has said “Cork will shoot itself in the foot” if it goes ahead with plans to build a non-opening bridge across the city quays.

Captain Michael McCarthy, who is chairman of Cruise Europe, said the fixed bridge, which the National Transport Authority (NTA) wants to build as part of [url=