Bypass Ireland: Macroom counting the days until new road is complete

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

Macroom's bypass is hoped to provide an opportunity for the town to flourish.Picture Denis Minihane.

If there is any town in Ireland that badly needs a bypass, Macroom is up there.

Everyone who visits it experiences the notorious congestion of this mid-west County Cork town that chokes it most days.