En route to Limeworth

THE EU and the taxpayer has footed an €85 million front drive to what could be your new front door.

The Ballincollig by-pass is due for completion later this year, ending a decade of traffic snarls in Cork's western suburbs and opening up the satellite town just beyond the city for its new phase of 21st Century development.

Population is set to soar from a current level of 18,000, and cumulative worth of private and public investment for the area is close to €1 billion, with the former Barracks site development set to transform the garrison town's fortunes and bring on property values as well as commuters wake up to the improved access.