The dozen or so apartments and townhouses at Lisin, on Strawberry hill next for Cork’s Old Gaol visitor attraction in Sunday’s Well are, a rguably, about the most high end niche residential developments in this sector.

This graceful, great-order five-bed period des-res has credentials and charm after careful minding and conservation, writes Tommy Barker.

A slice of old Cork city suburbs and far vistas too, come with this back-to-front house, No 33 Sunday’s Well Road.

The houses at Cork’s Ashboro, up in Shanakiel and above Sunday’s Well, are big blocks of homes: in fact, it’s nearly a surprise to find that houses here like No 8 Ashboro have ‘only’ 1,900 sq ft inside in them.

The survivors advocacy group, Justice for Magdalenes, has announced the end of its political campaign as its twin objectives of an official state apology and the establishment of a compensation scheme have been achieved.

A paedophile who went all over Cork city to carry out sex attacks on children as young as four years of age in the toilets of fast food outlets, public swimming pools and playing fields, was jailed for five years today.

ONCE part of the estate of the bottling and mineral water family, the Jennings, who owned all of the lands around and including, Brookfield House, Orchard Road is now one of the prime real estate areas of the city.