Ovens is always hot to trot, and No 2 could well get a family trading up out of nearby Ballincollig.

A joint approach from politicians in Cork and Kerry has been urged to progress a bypass route on the main road linking the counties.

A multi-million-euro plan for the revamp of a Co Cork town has been unveiled. It includes new bypass roads, enhanced streetscapes, cycling lanes, safer pedestrianised areas and and restrictions on HGV traffic.

Almost €160m is being spent repairing and improving primary and secondary roads next year.

Go up and over the hill at Farran, above the Cork/Macroom road past Ovens, and you are almost into a different world.

A 74 year old woman has died after the car in which she was travelling collided with a truck.

One person has been killed and another seriously injured on Cork's roads this afternoon.

There has been a serious road traffic collision on the Cork to Macroom road.

A truck driver has been jailed for three years for hitting a cyclist and leaving him paralysed in Co Cork.

Around 2,500 homes are still without power this afternoon after lightning strikes this morning caused disruption to the electricity supply.

Gardaí in Cork are to carry out DNA tests to try and identify a motorcyclist killed after his bike hit a wall on the main Cork to Macroom Road on Sunday afternoon.

A man in Cork has become the second male motorcyclist to lose his life on the country's roads in less than 24 hours.

Glengarriff, Cork €160,000

Gardaí are today seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of missing person Craig Macken from Coolock, Dublin.

The elderly couple killed in a two car crash in Co Cork yesterday evening have been named by gardaí.

A NUMBER of months ago, I wrote here on the subject of potholes, and in doing so, I kicked up a proper stink. I tore into those in authority, and left no stone unturned as I rampaged on about their failure in sorting out the crater-ridden tracks that are our rural roads.

A man who bought a stolen shotgun for his “family's safety” and hid it under his bed along with ammunition has today been given a three-year suspended sentence.

GARDAÍ suspect a middle-aged man was shot dead after a drink-fuelled row erupted at a party.

CHUNKS of land like this 56-acre block at Aherla More, Aherla, Co Cork, don’t come up for sale very often.

HUNDREDS of boy and girl racers were in Killarney at the weekend for the International Rally of the Lakes, making it a busy bank holiday for gardaí and a noisy one for residents.

ROADWORKS due to be completed at Ballincollig at the end of August are still causing major traffic disruptions for road users in the community.

WANT a bargain? Want a big house with room to spare?

A PERIOD residence in a deleterious condition, but with potential, comes as part of a package of 45 acres plus quota at Coppeen, Enniskeane, Co Cork.

THE murder of a hardened criminal in north Dublin at the weekend – the fifth killing so far this year – is being blamed on a local feud.

ABSOLUTE rarity — you’ll hardly get the chance again to build such a country-set house so close to one of the country’s fastest-growing towns.

A SHIFT in agent and a reduced selling price makes this Crookstown, Co Cork bungalow one for review.

WHAT a house. Put a wish list together for the average self-builder and it’s here at Currahaly, Farranes.

Restoring this Lissarda villa would be a labour of love, writes Rose Martin.

THE public was warned yesterday about fitting baby car seats properly after details emerged of the tragic death of a baby boy in a car crash last year.

A WEEKEND break turned to tragedy when a young man was knocked down and killed in front of his friend on Saturday.

A teenager has been killed in a road collision at Ballyjamesduff in Co Cavan.

A man in his 20s is dead following a road accident in Co Cork.

An elderly pedestrian has died after he was hit by a car in Co Cork yesterday evening.

A LONG acre adjoining the Cork to Macroom road, and a sloping roadside field, are part of a package on offer from Macroom auctioneers Godsil and Co.

Tommy Barker finds himself back in time in a 'modern' Victorian lodge.

OPENING a park-and-ride facility in Mayfield would be a disaster, according to Cork county councillors who want their counterparts in the city to abandon the idea.

TAKE your pick. Two houses on two sites of one acre each just off the main Cork/Macroom road offer an almost identical choice to trader-uppers.

IT can't be said often enough that the further out from any city in Ireland you go, the cheaper the cost of housing.

The number of people killed on Ireland’s roads so far this year is 26% higher than in the same period last year, according to the National Safety Council.

ALTHOUGH it may be a bit far out from the city, there is a growing population in Cloughduv and even greater plans afoot to transform this mid-Cork village.