Ian Horgan (38) was charged with assault causing harm to two people and also charged with aggravated burglary and production of an article

Cork County Council is warning road users about an upcoming planned phase of works in the Coolcour area and advising road users to consider using alternative routes where feasible and safe to do so.

Nurse Katie Duggan likes to go the extra mile for her patients and loves a bit of laughter, in the Character of Cork series Katie talks to The Echo about coming out of her shell and making the most of life.

The club expects the event to raise over €4,000 for the two charities

The funding will bring projects through the development stage and to the point where they are ready to commence works.

A Boil Water Notice that was issued as a precautionary measure on Wednesday, October 20 still remains in place for the greater Macroom area until further notice.

The Boil Water Notice has now been in effect for more than three weeks

People in Macroom have rallied round to transform a residential centre run by the HSE into a more homely place for those living there, reveals ADRIENNE ACTON

Works are continuing on the Macroom bypass with the number of workers on site increasing in recent weeks.

The €215m Dunkettle Interchange project is progressing well and is on target for the completion date of March 2024, according to the executive of Cork County Council.

GARDAÍ are advising people not to resort to social media instead of making complaints to gardaí if they have concerns about any action by any individual.

A CORK poultry company has voiced concern about relentless phone calls from young people interested in buying ducklings.

PLANNING permission has been granted for a new garda station from Macroom, which will the new headquarters for policing Cork county.

A local TD has hailed the “phenomenal progress” being made on the N22 Macroom bypass. The project includes the construction of 22km of dual carriageway which will be primarily constructed offline of the existing N22.

The longest precast concrete bridge beams in both Ireland and Britain have been put in place over the River Laney in Macroom as part of the Baile Mhúirne to Macroom road development project.

The jury in the Macroom murder trial will continue their deliberations tomorrow after deliberating throughout today without delivering a verdict.

A witness in the trial of a 48-year-old woman accused of murdering her ex-husband described her ‘pucking’ him in the stomach and the deceased saying, “she have me goosed.

Gardaí have arrested two men in relation to an assault and theft of a car in Macroom in the early hours of this morning.   Shortly before 1am, Gardaí received a report after a man in his 20s had been assaulted by two men.

A man has been arrested and charged in relation to a burglary in Macroom back in May. The burglary occurred on New Street, Macroom on May 29. Gardaí received a report of a burglary at around 4pm.

ASYLUM seekers living in emergency accommodation in the Riverside Park Hotel in Macroom have integrated well, according to local campaigners and councillors.

Gardaí have issued a witness appeal following an aggressive daylight robbery in Macroom yesterday.

A GROUP of asylum seekers are being given temporary emergency accommodation in a Macroom hotel. The group arrived in Macroom on Thursday and are being provided with accommodation at the Riverside Park Hotel.

Gardaí have arrested and charged a man in his 30s in relation to a burglary at a school in Macroom yesterday. Shortly after 12 midday Gardaí in the town responded to a call of a burglary that had just occurred at a school.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses in relation to an attempted robbery of a person in Macroom last Saturday night.

If you appreciate local business and services, then use them, before you lose them, says Síle Ní Dhubhghaill, Social Democrats candidate for Macroom

A CORKMAN who suffered a life-changing complete spinal cord injury resulting in paralysis in October has set his sights on completing the 2020 Dublin Marathon in his wheelchair.

In the last part of our series on Cork food producers, KATE RYAN chats to Michael Twomey about his lifelong dedication to the trade, and the innovations he has introduced along the way

IT’S a long way from the deciduous forests of North America to a garage in rural mid-Cork. . . especially when your very name stems from a native American word.

LEADING biofuel and sustainability expert Professor Martin Tangney has been awarded an honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) at a ceremony in City Chambers Edinburgh for services to engineering and energy.

A GENEROUS anonymous donation has allowed a resident of the Drishane Castle direct provision centre to start third level education.18-year-old Grace Tambwe was facing bills of almost €4,000 to continue her education having completed her leaving cert ...

YOU can’t put a price on good weather but we’ve become so inured to our current heatwave to be blasé about our experience of a rain-free Irish festival.  {element}And yet it was easy to count our blessings at this year’s Townlands Carnival.

THERE are just days to go before Townlands Carnival returns to Macroom. The festival site, at Rusheen Farm estate, is ready for thousands of campers on Friday. {element}Headline act Leftfield will close the festival on Sunday.

THE new €214m N22 dual carriageway that will bypass Macroom and Ballyvourney will take three years to construct from 2020. The scheme which includes 22kms of new road was approved by An Bord Pleanála seven years ago.

A CORK model has swopped the catwalks of New York for the runways of Milan for the next few weeks. Clara McSweeney from Kilmurry, near Macroom, arrived in Milan on Sunday to take part in a number of fashion assignments with international agency Next.

Already the star of a Aldi ad, Macroom buffalo farmer Johnny Lynch and his family are also set to appear in TV historical saga Vikings, reveals JO KERRIGAN

The role that Artificial Intelligence plays in our present and future will be discussed at the Cork Life Long Learning Festival. Colette Sheridan chats to expert Roman van der Krogt ahead of a talk