'Just stunning': Dermot Bannon's favourite house in Ireland is in Cork

In our Lifestyle Reads of the year series, we look back at Dermot Bannon's chat with Weekend in October

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would find myself being consoled by Dermot Bannon about the restrictions imposed by our Government during a global pandemic, but it is 2020, and if we’ve learned anything this year, it is to expect the unexpected.

We caught up over the phone two weeks ago, when Dublin was at level-three and Cork looked to be heading that way. “Level-three is grand, Ciara,” he assures me cheerily.