The Philadelphian Woodland String Band, which spent a week in quarantine in the town's Castle Hotel at the start of covid in 2020, are delighted to be taking part in this year's parade

Fifteen competitors from Co Cork were among the medal winners at the 91st National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co Laois last September, and many of them will be in action next Sunday in the West Cork County ploughing final at Macroom.

Some locals fear the N22 bypass will draw passing trade from the Cork villages — but others tell Neil Michael they expect it will boost business by taking traffic congestion off their streets

Cork Circuit Court heard that  the injunction has proved successful

Protesters 'impeding and preventing construction' and 'saying inappropriate, threatening or intimidating things to employees' on site of 'ghost estate', court heard

Lack of ambulance cover putting lives in danger, TD tells Dáil

Town's public water supply has had a boil water notice in place since November

'Remarkable sighting' of penduline tits, normally found in southern and central Europe, in wetland near Macroom

Further details have emerged of the exploits of Cumann na mBan members in the area, some of whom smuggled guns and others who provided safe houses and medical care for injured or ‘on the run’ IRA volunteers

Gobnait Twomey died in the tragedy as she walked home from a funeral, while her mother was pushed to safety by a man who had been attending a second funeral nearby

The proposal to name part of the new Macroom bypass in honour of Cumann na mBan is a step in the right direction

The suggestion to honour women's contribution in the War of Independence wins cross-party support at Cork County Council

The €280m project will make the journey between Cork and Killarney easier and also liberate the historic town of Macroom

'All of our thoughts are with the family of the poor woman and the truck driver' one local businessman said

The new road will reduce traffic in the town centre by 40% and shave around 20 minutes off the Cork to Killarney journey time

Members of the public will be able to travel the new route from 2pm

State of Cork's roads opens window into more serious problems

Technology teaching and learning centre will see number of apprentices almost double to around 1,600 a year

The analysis shows that Killarney in Co. Kerry has taken the highest number of arrivals from Ukraine

Unless the Government intervenes and allocates extra funding, Co Cork's eight district councils will see budget cuts of 14%

First section of Ballyvourney-Macroom road due to open to general traffic in the second week of December

The lands extend close to the village’s boundaries and the residence is approached by a private laneway from the public road

Clonakilty, Kenmare and Westport are all tourist magnets which are protecting their past and resisting the temptation to become tacky

Should the Government move to award National Park status to The Gearagh, a wetland of international importance near Macroom, Co Cork?Cork North-West Fianna Fail TD Aindreas Moynihan asked Minister of State Malcolm Noonan in the Dail last week for ...

The Macroom pensioner said the water supply has been there for 60 years and it should be 'restored not removed'

The construction of the new Cork regional headquarters in Macroom had planning permission approved in March last year

Darragh O'Brien was speaking during a visit to 150 new affordable social homes in Clonakilty, Skibbereen, and Macroom, Co Cork

Residents who have spent decades dealing with heavy traffic on their main street say the town ‘will rise once the bypass is built’, writes Neil Michael

Meeting between Deirdre Coakley from Macroom and Justice Minister Helen McEntee will take place online on Wednesday

One condition of his bail is that he cooperates with efforts to compile a psychiatric report on him

Accused lunged at woman, caught her by the hair, threw her on the ground and slapped her across the face a number of times, court heard

A report by the Environmental Protection Agency found a problem with a standby pump at the town’s water treatment plant last October was not correctly managed or escalated in a manner to maintain water quality and protect public health

Deirdre Coakley has written to Helen McEntee seeking to highlight deficiencies in how the current system deals with the families of homicide victims

The Briery Gap complex in Macroom was extensively damaged when a fire broke out at the back of the building in May 2016

And two other recipes using one of our favourite ingredients: cheese

The court heard that when Beshoff was stopped in his car by gardaí he sped off and collided head-on with a van

State is funding 234 initiatives such as kerb widening across 30 local authorities

Using the footprint of an original ruined farmhouse, the owners built a new timber-framed one in 2008

Cork County Council has unveiled an ambitious draft plan for the future of the county's towns, villages, and rural areas up to 2028, covering areas such as population growth, employment, housing, and community development.

The station will act as the new divisional headquarters

Covid-19 fails to halt progress of Cork's key infrastructural project

CCTV of the 14-minute attack showed O’Driscoll stamping on Mr O’Callaghan’s head four times in five seconds before kicking him repeatedly in the ribs

Next month’s centenary commemoration of a War of Independence ambush will be marred by construction of the N22 bypass through the ambush site, historians claim.

One measurement in Dublin last weekend was 20 times higher than the daily average recommended by the WHO and EU