Dáil told Cork deserves better, with some roads like being stuck in 'downtown New York'

Cork TD said he was 'deeply frustrated' at the pace of BusConnects so far, and claimed the bus services currently serving Cork Airport were 'appallingly inadequate'

'The volume of traffic on the N28 was just extraordinary,' said junior transport minister Jerry Buttimer. File picture: David Creedon

The traffic is so bad on some of Cork’s major roads, it is like being stuck in “downtown New York”, a Government minister has said.

Fielding questions in the Dáil, junior transport minister Jerry Buttimer said Cork Airport had become “forgotten” in terms of the bus and rail provision.