€10m investment aimed at making Ireland a cycling mecca

Details of a €10m investment package to develop greenways and cycling routes across the country has been announced.

The funding will see the construction of a number of on and off-road cycling routes designed to facilitate commuters and attract cycling tourists to the country.

The centre-piece of the funding will be a €4m world-class greenway running over 40kms between the towns of Athlone and Mullingar. The route will run along a disused railway corridor that was previously a branch of the old Midlands Great Western Railway.