Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I concur with Deputy O’Keeffe's comments on this rumour circulating from Transport Infrastructure Ireland on changing the route in question. Much work has been done on this route from Cork to Mallow to Charleville and on. For connectivity in the south-west region, it would be a nonsense to build a corridor between Cork and Limerick, then changing its direction and adding 40 km to it.

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