Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I fully expect that the route will be the original one proposed because it is not only about linking Cork city and Limerick city but it is an important part of the Atlantic economic corridor, linking Cork to Limerick and Galway. It is vital that towns such as Charleville and Buttevant should be bypassed. A different route would still have to bypass those towns and would not make sense.

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