Cork–Limerick–Galway corridor

The Cork–Limerick–Galway corridor links the Republic of Ireland's cities of Cork, Limerick and Galway. Respectively, the cities are the Republic of Ireland's second, third and fourth largest urban centres.

Air

Cork Airport

There are two international airports in the region: Cork Airport and Shannon Airport. Both airports provide connections to the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. As well as providing pre-clearance facilities, as of September 2016, Shannon Airport also is the first and only airport outside the US to offer US Customs and Border Protection to private aircraft.[1]

An airport, Galway Airport, is also in Galway. However, the airport closed for commercial traffic in 2016.[2]

Road

Galway and Limerick are linked by the M18, and Limerick is linked to Cork by the N20. A motorway, the M20, is planned between Cork and Limerick.[3] All three cities are connected to Dublin via motorway, Cork via the M8, Limerick via the M7 and Galway via the M6.

Rail

The Western Rail Corridor links the three cities after recent major investment. The three cities are served by the Cork Suburban Rail, Limerick Suburban Rail and Galway Suburban Rail networks. Cork is served by Kent Station, Limerick by Colbert Station and Galway by Galway Station.

Economy

The main economic engines of the region are the Economy of Cork and the Economy of Limerick.

Third level institutions

University College Cork

Universities

Institute of Technologies

Other

Population

Limerick City
Galway City

Greater Cork: 480,000

Limerick city: 110,000

Galway city: 70,000

Statistics

RegionPopulationArea
County Cork542,1967,499 km²
County Limerick195,1752,756 km²
County Clare118,6273,450 km²
County Galway258,5526,149 km²
Grand total1,114,55019,854 km²

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City and county council areas

Cork City Hall

The city and county council areas covered by the corridor are:

Clare

Cork

Limerick

Galway

See also

References

  1. ↑ shannonairport.ie - US Preclearance for Private Aircraft retrieved 17 September 2016
  2. ↑ "Galway Airport is closed until the end of February 2016". Galway Airport. Archived from the original on 10 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Limerick Leader Full speed ahead for Limerick to Cork M20 Motorway (18 November 2017) http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/275875/full-speed-ahead-for-limerick-cork-m20-motorway.html
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  5. ↑ "Census 2016 Preliminary Results". cso.ie.
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