The Government has committed itself to a scaled-down funding plan for the A5 cross-border road project which was deferred in this week’s capital expenditure programme.
The original plan had been to co-fund the entire project with the British government.
At a meeting with Northern Ireland’s First and Deputy First Minister on the fringes of the Presidential inauguration today, Taoiseach Enda Kenny agreed to fund the project for €50m in 2015 and 2016.
Full details will be announced at a North-South ministerial meeting next week.
