Some Cork roads the same 'as they were when donkeys and carts travelled on them'

The N71 at Barnageeha between Bantry and Ballydehob during wintry conditions last January. File picture: Andy Gibson.

Cork County Council has sought €32m from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) to repair crumbling sections of three national secondary routes, some of which still have the structural integrity of “when they were routes that donkeys and carts travelled on 100 years ago".

The council’s director of roads Padraig Barrett is hopeful the money will be forthcoming but acknowledges that it will be dependent on the budget the government provides TII.