The final route for one of Ireland’s largest ever road projects — the 80km Cork to Limerick motorway — is to be unveiled on Monday. It comes ahead of the launch on Wednesday of public ...

Some of the roads set to benefit from the latest announcement include the Adare Bypass, the Galway City Ring Road, N/M20 Cork to Limerick, N4 Mullingar to Longford and N17 Knock to Collooney.

It is proposed that upgrading the N20 to a full motorway would reduce travel times between the two cities and improve road safety. “The second and third largest cities in the country should be ...