Shanbally sale set to excite interest

Pictured is the land at Shanbally, near Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.

As the nation gets set to exit from the bail-out this December — with all its attendant stage management — there are still some almost unbelievable tales of the boom out there to act as cautionary tales for the future.

And while stories of new seams of Irish gold abound, the old values prevail.