Fri, 26 Jun, 2020
Thu, 16 Apr, 2020
A woman has died and a number of people have been injured following a two-car collision in Kerry.
Sun, 08 Mar, 2020
The AA is advising motorists to take extra care as smoke may affect visibility.
Thu, 27 Feb, 2020
THE last 10 months have been particularly busy, and rewarding, for Alan Costello. In April 2019, he was elected chairman of the Cork branch of Engineers Ireland.
Fri, 14 Feb, 2020
A special meeting is to be held by councillors in North Cork to draw up a battleplan aimed at persuading the government to locate a new elective hospital for the county in Mallow.
Tue, 11 Feb, 2020
The main road, the R569 between Kilgarvan village and Killarney has been closed due to a land slippage in the wake of Storm Ciara, Kerry County Council has announced.
Sun, 09 Feb, 2020
Thu, 30 Jan, 2020
A minister for City Regions is required by the incoming Government to drive a progressive urban agenda the Cork Chamber has said in their election manifesto.
Sat, 25 Jan, 2020
Plans for a major road to ease traffic on the main Killarney-Tralee Road, which first went on public display in 2004, will need to be redesigned before it can finally proceed, a meeting has been told.
Thu, 23 Jan, 2020
Emergency services are at the scene of what is being described as a serious road traffic accident in Co Cork on the N22 near the Farran Well pub and emergency services have put road diversions in place.
Sat, 18 Jan, 2020
An elderly man has died and a number of people have been injured on a road off the N22 near Killarney in an early morning crash, in the second road fatality in just days in Co Kerry.
Fri, 10 Jan, 2020
The last few years have seen a number of modest-sized blocks of agricultural land come up on the outskirts of Cork City. Each time they do, there is always strong interest, and a very strong price in the end.
Wed, 04 Dec, 2019
Regulator claims proposed change inconsistent with Government’s retail planning guidelines
Mon, 02 Dec, 2019
The rural landscape around Macroom marks what many would consider to be the boundary of West Cork.
Wed, 20 Nov, 2019
Once upon a time, a wise person wrote that it might be easier for a camel to get through the eye of an needle than for a rich man to get into heaven.
Fri, 18 Oct, 2019
The Cabinet has given the green light for a €280m upgrade of the N22 Cork-Kerry road, including the long-awaited Macroom bypass.
Thu, 17 Oct, 2019
There were 17 people arrested across West Cork on Tuesday as part of an operation targeting the suspected importation of child sex abuse material, threats to kill, and other crimes.
Wed, 25 Sep, 2019
A reader from Ovens recently got in touch to voice concern about the dead horse chestnut trees
Sun, 15 Sep, 2019
The Tánaiste has insisted that everything possible is being done to deliver the multi-million Dunkettle interchange upgrade as quickly as possible.
Mon, 02 Sep, 2019
There are 32 locations in Kerry without sewerage treatment plants, writes Anne Lucey.
Sat, 31 Aug, 2019
For the second time this summer, a major water pipe has burst at Farranfore, the village serving the N22 main Tralee to Killarney Road, as well as Kerry Airport.
Thu, 15 Aug, 2019
One of the busiest stretches of the N71 tourist route the Ring of Kerry, will close for almost two weeks at the height of the tourist season later this month.
Fri, 14 Jun, 2019
HAVING a major employer, with 2,500 jobs, over the boundary fence is expected to underpin developer/builder confidence in pursuit of 12.5 acres in two fields, fresh to market, at Grange Cross, Ovens, west of Cork City and Ballincollig.
Thu, 06 Jun, 2019
No serious injuries are reported.
Tue, 07 May, 2019
There was a drop in the number of collisions on Cork’s South Ring Road last year, despite a large rise in traffic levels.
Sat, 04 May, 2019
Stretching as far south as Ballygarvan and as far west as Ballincollig, the new Cork South-West local electoral area is, by quite a margin, the most populous constituency in the redrawn Cork City.
Thu, 02 May, 2019
ESB Networks have confirmed that around 10,000 homes, farms and businesses have no power due to Storm Hannah.
Fri, 26 Apr, 2019
What’s the Irish for clasico? An clasaiceach, says Google.
Sat, 13 Apr, 2019
Traffic infrastructure in Killarney has fallen far behind the “industry-led” tourism business and chronic congestion is now threatening the tourism potential of the entire south-west region, a delegation from the town’s business and hotel organisations has told a council meeting.
Wed, 09 Jan, 2019
I went to Berlin last week, a city I’ve never before been to. I’d intended to visit the zoo, although I disapprove of zoos but it’s the biggest zoo in Europe and has a giant aquarium. I’d look at exhibits of creatures that didn’t mind confinement, because they never go anywhere anyway, tarantulas and things that live under stones.
Mon, 17 Dec, 2018
Archaeologist Enda Flaherty has been documenting abandoned schoolhouses, thus providing a snapshot of those forgotten places where many of our predecessors were taught, says Dan MacCarthy.
Fri, 16 Nov, 2018
Draft plans have been drawn up for a €1m Irish language childcare centre, whose development was scuppered 10 years ago by the economic downturn.
Mon, 15 Oct, 2018
Commercial archaeologists investigating a historical site in Dublin downed their trowels in a bid to force their employer to talk to them.
Fri, 20 Jul, 2018
A Tralee motorist was banned from driving for four years yesterday for careless driving causing the death of a retired nurse who was described in loving terms as the anchor of her extended family.
Fri, 08 Jun, 2018
Cork County Council is to seek tenders for the construction of the €100m Macroom bypass in mid-July.
Thu, 03 May, 2018
A stunning housing scheme with sophistication and quality family homes on Model Farm Road, has it all, reports Catherine Shanahan.
Sat, 28 Apr, 2018
Kerry County Council is seeking funding to prevent flooding along a stretch of the Flesk river, on the main N22, near Killarney. Twenty houses have been cut off by annual flooding in recent years.
Fri, 27 Apr, 2018
Tommy Barker says this is a one-off Macroom home and homestead that’ll be hard to bypass. Be smart, check out the smart home.
Sat, 13 Jan, 2018
Calls are increasing for a Luas-style transport system to reduce congestion in Cork, as latest figures show significant increases in traffic volumes over the last two years.
Tue, 21 Nov, 2017
A public petition calling for action on a dangerous junction accessing Kerry’s county GAA grounds attracted over 1,500 signatures in just 24 hours.
Mon, 06 Nov, 2017
More than 20,000 homes and businesses were left without power across Kerry yesterday as Storm Ophelia wreaked havoc from the early hours.
Tue, 17 Oct, 2017
Archaeologists have discovered 30 previously unknown ancient sites along the proposed Macroom bypass route, including a Bronze Age ring fort.
Mon, 28 Aug, 2017
Contractors have fenced off almost half the entire route of a long-awaited €160m bypass of one of Cork’s worst bottlenecks.
Wed, 26 Jul, 2017
A man walked away uninjured after his jeep flipped over on the Ballincollig bypass on the western outskirts of Cork city this morning.
Tue, 04 Jul, 2017
A jury has returned a verdict of accidental death after an inquest heard how an experienced cyclist, who raised thousands of euro for Cork charities, struck a parked jeep after its driver pulled into the hard shoulder of a dual carriageway to ask him for directions.
Fri, 26 May, 2017
The sister of a woman cyclist who died in a traffic accident in Co Kerry last week is demanding the road authorities carry out urgent improvements to a notorious stretch of a bypass road.
Thu, 18 May, 2017
Rallying across the three Irish championships is a rare feat but one Monaghan’s Sam Moffett is accomplishing.
Fri, 07 Apr, 2017
Transport chiefs have been accused of treating women as second-class citizens by refusing to implement the renaming of one of Cork’s busiest roads after the “forgotten women” of the Irish revolution.
Thu, 02 Mar, 2017
Sat, 11 Feb, 2017
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