Call for new safety measures on motorways after teen dies in head-on collision in Cork

It comes as a 16-year-old was killed in a head-on collision on the motorway at Ballybeg, Mitchelstown, over the weekend
Traffic being diverted off the motorway near Mitchelstown following the fatal collision on the M8 motorway. 

Traffic being diverted off the motorway near Mitchelstown following the fatal collision on the M8 motorway. 

Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) is to be asked to put safety measures in place to prevent people driving the wrong way down the M8 in North Cork.

It comes as a 16-year-old was killed in a head-on collision on the motorway at Ballybeg, Mitchelstown, over the weekend. 

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