Safe Routes Program Overbooked | Cork News

Cork News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 7, 2026 · 1m

The Safe Routes to School program, born in 2021 to boost kids’ walking and biking to school, is now slammed shut to new applicants—so popular it’s like a restaurant with no tables left. Councilors across Cork have been pushing for more funding for five years, citing real benefits: less traffic, safer commutes, and calmer streets. Urban schools face mounting pressure from development, while rural areas grapple with dangerous speed limits near schools. Councilor Eamonn Horgan is demanding the Minister for Transport reopen the program, arguing that pausing it ignores the very safety it was…