Council to tackle Cork village's accident blackspot with traffic calming measures

Meanwhile, the council meeting heard that the council’s National Roads Design Office has contacted Transport Infrastructure Ireland seeking permission and funding for a pedestrian crossing in Ballyhooly

Fermoy Municipal District Council hope to extend the 30kph speed limit out of Kildorrey village to cover the area. File picture: Denis Minihane

Council officials have revealed plans to reduce serious crashes at a notorious accident blackspot in North Cork.

The move comes following impassioned pleas from residents living at Scart, Kildorrery who recently outlined a litany of serious accidents at a bend there. There has been one fatality and a number of serious injuries, and vehicles have even crashed through walls and into local householders’ properties.