€600m BusConnects plan for Cork 'turning from a partnership into battleship' 

People urged to engage with public consultation process as Cork councillors warn of anger over plans to run bus corridors through nature areas

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan said lots of elements of the plan could be incorporated without the need for compulsory purchase orders of the likes of front gardens, but that it would involve taking existing infrastructure such as roads and repurposing them, as a trade-off.

The €600m BusConnects plan for Cork is quickly "turning from a partnership into a battleship", as anger grows in communities at the proposed routes.

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan had predicted the possible difficulties in ensuring community support when BusConnects was launched in April, saying it would involve difficult decisions requiring "political will" from local authorities to get over the line.