Property Focus: Bypass means Macroom is set to boom

Road project will end the mid-Cork town's legendary traffic jams

Second-hand properties in Macroom — especially three-bed semis are in very short supply and have been selling very quickly. Picture Denis Minihane.

The property market in the mid-Cork town of Macroom is being totally transformed by the construction of its €280m bypass.

A project scheduled for completion in 2023, involving 18 bridges and a 22km stretch of dual carriageway, it will cut up to 17 minutes off commuting time between Cork and Kerry and is also expected to bring to an end the traffic congestion which has been clogging up Macroom town centre for decades.