Freeze causes damage worth millions of euro to Cork's roads

Cork County Council's director of roads said snow continues to lie on rural roads in the northwest of the county

A snow-covered Broad Street in Charleville last week. The Charleville area was one of worst hit during the recent freeze. Picture: Dan Linehan

Millions of euros of damage has been done to roads all across Cork county as a result of last week's big freeze.

Cork County Council is to carry out an assessment of the full extent of the damage during the next two weeks and then submit a report to government seeking financial aid to pay for repairs.