Cork road melted amid soaring temperatures

Council workers spread grit and sand on the affected road but one local man still urged motorists to avoid the road

Footprints and tyre marks are visible in the melted tar surface on the road between Ballinhassig and Crossbarry in Cork.

A road in Cork melted on Thursday prompting a road safety warning as Ireland basked in soaring temperatures.

Despite council workers spreading grit on the slippery surface, motorists were urged to avoid the local road at Lower Goggins Hill, between Ballinhassig and Crossbarry, in an area known locally as ‘the mountain’, until after the weather cools.