Cork-Ringaskiddy M28 motorway project clears legal hurdle

Cork Chamber backs ruling on ‘key infrastructural asset’ but residents vow to continue fight against it

Route of the planned €250m motorway between Cork and Ringaskiddy.

One of the last legal hurdles to developing a €250m motorway between Cork and Ringaskiddy has been cleared.

A legal challenge had been brought by residents to An Bord Pleanála’s green light for the planned 14km M28 motorway but the High Court has now refused residents of areas such as Douglas, Maryborough Hill, and Rochestown, known as the M28 Steering Group, leave to bring the case to the Court of Appeal.