Little Island businesses give Government roads deadline 

One of the photographs of the large holes in the road at Courtstown in Little Island.  Picture: Michael Mulcahy

Businesses in the largest industrial hub outside Dublin have given a deadline to local and national government that they intend to withhold a proportion of their rates from June 1 and use the money to start fixing appalling roads in their area.

In the meantime, the body representing the businesses in Little Island, Co Cork, is to host a meeting next month to which local and national politicians will be invited to listen to some of the 1,000 companies in the area about the roads infrastructure.