Battle lines drawn over proposed M20 motorway route 

'There were three battles fought here in the 1300s and 1800s, and they will only be a skirmish in comparison if they try to come through us,' says one local resident.

The M20 project is to be built broadly within the existing N20 corridor via Croom, Charleville, Mallow, and Blarney.

Locals in Manister, Co Limerick, say they are prepared to protest if the route for the proposed M20 motorway passes through their parish.

Public consultations on the second phase of the Cork-Limerick scheme opened last month. The project is to be built broadly within the existing N20 corridor via Croom, Charleville, Mallow, and Blarney and there are now six possible routes which the road could take.