Mayor urges communities in North Cork to fight for more railway stations

Councillors want Iarnrod Éireann and the National Transport Authority to reopen the station in Buttevant and create new stations in Mourneabbey and Rathduff

The council heard the openings would make a number of communities in North Cork “more sustainable” and “make rail travel more of a viable option” for them in the coming years. File picture: Dan Linehan

The Mayor of County Cork has urged a number of communities in North Cork to fight for the opening of railway stations on the Cork to Limerick line.

Fianna Fáil councillor Gillian Coughlan said the people of West Cork, where she lives, have bemoaned the loss of the railway in that region for many years. She wants communities in North Cork to benefit more from the sustainable travel link.