Proposal aims to turn land left over from Cork road scheme into native woodland

The land donated to Nature Trust for planting with the type of trees and forest that once covered Ireland would also have public walking trails

A section of the new N22 Macroom to Ballyvourney bypass. File picture: Dan Linehan

Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) is looking at a proposal to turn a 36-acre surplus site in Cork into a native woodland.

The innovative plan, the first of its kind, would see the land donated to Nature Trust for planting with the type of trees and forest that once covered Ireland.