East Cork cycleway ‘will kill our businesses’, say creche and food store

Kerri O’Neill, the fourth-generation owner of Fitzpatrick’s food store in Glounthaune, has amassed over 1,000 signatures calling on Cork County Council to change the width of the cycleway outside of the shop

Fitzpatrick’s food store in Glounthaune employs 77 people and is the only supermarket in a village that is rapidly expanding, according to fourth-generation owner Kerri O’Neill.

The owner of the only food store in one East Cork village is petitioning the county council to make changes to the Dunkettle to Carrigtwohill cycleway, claiming the development has halved parking spaces for customers, causing the store to lose business.

Just next door, the owner of the village’s creche, where 68 children attend every day, is equally worried about the impact of the cycleway on her business, as she is unsure how parents will be able to safely drop off and pick up their children.