Transport authority to fund safety upgrades following pedestrian deaths in Charleville 

Transport Infrastructure Ireland also said it would fund the design of an inner relief road, acknowledging a proper bypass of the town will not happen until the upgrade of the main Cork-Limerick road is completed

Fianna Fáil councillor Ian Doyle said 15,000 vehicles pass through the main street daily and there are times when 40%-50% of them are HGVs. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) has said it will fund safety upgrades in a North Cork town’s main street following the recent deaths of two elderly pedestrians there.

TII also said it would provide money to design a relief road to take HGVs out of its town centre.