Traffic congestion builds in Bishopstown as 6,000 children attend Cork sports event

Drivers are being urged to avoid the Bishopstown area as thousands gather for Cork’s annual primary schools sports event

Thousands of people were already attending the event when it began earlier this morning, with stewards and Gardaí managing traffic. File picture: Larry Cummins.

Traffic is heavy on approach roads to the Munster Technological University (MTU) Bishopstown campus this morning as this year’s Cork Primary Schools’ Sports event gets under way.

More than 6,000 children from 300 primary schools across Cork are participating in the event at MTU today, with traffic currently backed up as far as The Outpost on Curraheen Road.