Plans to make Finnegan’s Cross near Kilcummin junction safer have gone on public view and motorists and interested parties have been invited to give their opinions on the plans.

The notorious accident blackspot has witnessed several serious crashes – including fatal accidents – in recent years.

Local councillors, particularly Marie Moloney and Brendan Cronin, have been calling for years to have the junction upgraded.

However, every time a solution seemed to be on the horizon, the project was meet with delays and funding issues.

Plans to upgrade the junction, including changing sight lines and staggering the junction are now gone on public display at Killarney Town Hall.

It is the most decisive move so far that something might, at long last, be done to make the junctions of the L3009 and L2033 local roads more safer.