Politicians urged to rethink Cork-Limerick motorway route

Business associations say connection should instead be made via the M8 Cork-Dublin motorway at Mitchelstown

Traffic on the Cork-Dublin motorway on the northern side of the toll plaza near Watergrasshill. File picture: Denis Minihane

Two business associations in North Cork have written to Minister Simon Coveney and other local politicians saying they are against proposals for a direct motorway link between Cork and Limerick.

They say the connection should instead be made via the M8 Cork-Dublin motorway at Mitchelstown.