Gardaí from the Mallow district who are involved in an ongoing operation into the sale and supply of drugs in the area, executed a search warrant at an apartment on Main Street in Mallow at around 5pm last night.

The population of the Macroom electoral area is 36,844 and, despite the removal of Blarney from the district into the city jurisdiction, the number of seats up for grabs there will remain at six.

A hurley with a machete-like modification was among several weapons seized by gardaí during an operation in north Cork.

Five Chinese men have been remanded in custody in connection with a garda raid on a cannabis growhouse in North Cork last Monday.