Pictures: The cracks in Cork Airport's runway causing its 10-week closure

The airport is due to close this weekend for 10 weeks for a €40m project to revamp its runway

Close ups of Cork Airport's main runway showing the cracks in its surface which show it is now at the end of its operational life.

Images of cracks in Cork Airport’s main runway have been released tonight ahead of the airport’s 10-week closure for a multi-million runway rebuild project.

The images show weeds growing through some of the cracks and patch repairs on parts of the surface of its only jet-capable runway - a surface which has been in place since 1999.