One of the worst series of bends in the country is to be rectified, at a cost of €10m.

Recently appointed Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe is being lobbied to get work started on building the long-awaited Macroom town bypass.

The risk of tragedies at a main road junction leading to a sports stadium in Killarney, Co Kerry, has been highlighted by a town councillor.

AS part of the N22 bypass of Macroom in Co Cork, the NRA proposes to erect a flyover at the site of a monument to six people killed during the civil war and a roundabout in front of Carrigaphooca Castle.