Irish Examiner View: Minister promises M20 motorway will be delivered

Public Expenditure Minister, and Cork South Central TD, Michael McGrath has asserted that the M20 motorway will be built. Picture:Gareth Chaney

The M20 — a motorway connecting Limerick and Cork — has assumed mythical, almost holy grail status. Everyone knows it might some day come to pass but no one knows when. Indeed, some sections of the road were cleared to facilitate its development so very long ago that they have, to use a contemporary phrase, naturally rewilded. Felled trees have been replaced and a second clearing will be necessary if the M20 is to be finalised.