- NEWS
Martin wades into abortion debateAs the Dáil committee hearings continue on the abortion bill, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has waded into the debate saying it is important that Christian believers "be, and seen to be, on the side of life, especially when life is most vulnerable".
Payment cuts see families pay rent shortfallLimits on rent supplement payments set by the Government are forcing thousands of families to make undeclared top-up payments to landlords to secure places to live.
- WORLD
Anger as North Korea launches another missileNorth Korea fired a short-range missile from its east coast, a day after launching three more of these missiles, a South Korean news agency said.
How Star Trek predicted the futureWHEN Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry first dreamed up the concept of a television show based in the unexplored universe of Outer Space in 1964, the world was a very different place.
- BUSINESS
Warnings over future of eurozoneThe eurozone is heading towards a break up unless there are moves towards much closer political and fiscal union, according to chief economist with State Street Global Advisers, Chris Probyn.
Bruton defends corporate tax rateIreland will be able to maintain its current corporation tax code in the face of international pressure to prevent multinational corporations avoid paying their fare share of tax, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton said yesterday.
- SPORT
Mayo’s statement of intentGalway 0-11 Mayo 4-16 Five minutes to go in Salthill yesterday and James Horan was still cajoling his men to sew it into Galway.
Wilkinson inspires Toulon to gloryASM Clermont Auvergne 15 Toulon 16 Not for the first time this season, a matchday performance and the result have made a mockery of the statistics.
- LIFESTYLE
What Lenny did nextLENNY Abrahamson has directed three feature films: Adam & Paul, Garage and What Richard Did.
Clothes maketh you madTrying on clothes, said Ewart, produced "sensations which bring deep peace and perfect contentment" to the female mind.
15-18C
Breaking stories
Go west and take your pick
End terrace or semi-d, two suburban homes have plenty to offer, writes Tommy Barker
By Tommy Barker
Out on Cork city’s western fringes, first-time buyers can get variations on a theme for their €220,000 budget. For the same sort of cash sum, auctioneers REA O’Donoghue Clarke have a four-bed end terrace home at 17 Eagle Valley, likely to be early 1990s in vintage and about 900 sq ft in size. Or, for those who want an older suburb, 8 Sandymount Avenue in Glasheen will just as handily fit the bill. Eagle Valley just off Sarsfield’s Road will be the handier buy for some, as it’s more modern, has a ground-floor guest WC as well as a main upstairs bathroom which serves the four bedrooms, and has two reception rooms plus kitchen. Any changes needed will be along decorative lines, unless a new owner wants to extend, as 900 sq ft is not a lot of floor area for the number of rooms fitted in.
Meanwhile, slightly more relaxed with its room sizes is the three-bed semi-d at 8 Sandymount Avenue, the other side of Wilton Shopping Centre and CUH by Glasheen.
Older by a few decades, its rooms are a vital foot or two bigger than the Eagle Valley home, and it also has two reception rooms on offer, and a kitchen, with attached garage giving scope for extension.
Overhead, it has three beds and a bathroom, and the overall impression is of a well-kept, but more decoratively dated home.
VERDICT: Compare and contrast