Talk to the residents of Cork harbour first

With reference to your article (Irish Examiner, April 6 ) on the development and promotion of Cork, it is not just developers and the Port of Cork who have expectations for the future.

What could Cork people object to in the moving of a container port in the River Lee to Monkstown Bay, which is surrounded by residences in Cobh, Monkstown, and Ringaskiddy?

Perhaps they fear the traffic chaos when the Jack Lynch Tunnel becomes Cork’s Port Tunnel? An Bord Pleanala refused permission in the first attempt to move a container port, because of the traffic implications, and its non-connectivity to rail.