The owners of the Natural Foods Bakery, well-known purveyors of wholesome foods, are to sell one of their three premises as they focus more on producing artisan breads.

The size, spaciousness and overall tip-top condition of 19 Beaumont Crescent is down not just to its current owners, but as equally to its previous owners – while the appeal of the suburban location goes back far further, by a couple of generations, probably.

The 2,300 men and women taking part in Ireland’s first ever Ironman think they are built for the long haul — but the event’s host town of Youghal is well ahead of them in the staying power stakes.

The pale orange front door in this Victorian terrace hints at the funky yet functional home within, says Tommy Barker.

Although dwarfed in scale by its grandly sized neighbours this mews conversion comes with lots of quirky charm, writes Tommy Barker.

THERE’S been an arty influence in the recent upgrades to the attractively-titled home Hawk’s View, at the cusp of Cork harbour, in an indented coastline area that could well be called Cork’s Bay Area.

WHEN previously selling homes in Cork City’s Sidney Park, estate agent, Andrew Moore, justifiably uses the description “one of Cork’s best-kept secrets”.

Built just over 20 years ago, the part two-storey, part-dormer 2,200 sq ft family home called Snugboro could not be more centrally set in Cork’s Glanmire community.

Apartments filled from port to starboard with view of boats at moorings, marinas and a boatyard or two.

This Montenotte ground floor apartment is a stroll from Cork city centre.

THE unpainted render exterior of 6, Egerton Villas, off Military Hill in St Luke’s gives few clues of the light-filled period elegance that lies within this city home.

Montenotte - the pinnacle of property positioning since the before the Act of Union. 

Chloe and Sam Magee guaranteed Ireland a bronze medal in badminton’s mixed doubles at the European games after pushing aside Poland’s Pawel Pietryja and Aneta Wojtkowska 21-18, 21-12 in just over 30 minutes.

Sam and Josh Magee guaranteed Ireland at least a European games badminton bronze medal, winning their men’s doubles quarter-final yesterday.

Scott Evans cruised into the last 16 of the European games men’s Badminton, taking less than half an hour to defeat Austria’s Gergley Krausz.

Select new house developments are just underway in Cork city in locations like Church Road, Blackrock, and Feirm Bawn in Wilton, each for a handful of new homes - but there’s also sites for one-offs, if you know where to look.

Set at the back of the Woodlands development in Cork’s Frankfield suburb is this one-off bungalow, on a stand-alone quarter acre site, and it’s called Elm House.

IT’s moving out time today for school pupils at No 7 Sidney Place, Wellington Road, a mid-Georgian building high above Cork city - and now for sale, as the school departs its several levels.

Location: Myrtleville, Cork, €95,000

Size: Sq m184 (2,000 sq ft)

Tommy Barker uncovers a setting that’s captivating, as much for the views, as for some of the best architecture.

Sq m: 110 (1,175 sq ft)

Six records were set on the final day of the Irish Short Course Swimming Championships in Lisburn.

WANT to spot a gap in the market? Try going through the bland door to the secreted-away charms of 31 Sunday’s Well Road, also known as Ebineezer Terrace.

All set up for decades (if not centuries more) of occupation, is No 6 St Luke’s Place — it has almost 200 years of residential history already.

HOUSES in Cork’s Sidney Park are embedded in the city’s veins of sandstone, rising in serried ranks from the side of St Patrick’s Hill up towards the grounds of the former St Patrick’s Hospital. And top of the pile is Knockmahon.

YOU need to see beyond the wintry November days, the slight smell of damp, and the drab colours, to see the potential in 4 Alexandra Terrace — because the scope to refashion subtly is there in abundance.

IF the stone walls of this eco-friendly west Cork house could talk, they’d sing. Or, maybe they’d beat a bodhran, or mix passion, pathos and poetry on a guitar, for this place has been a retreat and contemplative space for Ireland’s greatest troubadour, Christy Moore.

Tokyo is at risk from a powerful earthquake because the recent monster shock that hit the country put more stress on a nearby geological fault line, scientists warned today.

DESPITE its rather desolate condition, No 2 Alexandra Terrace on Cork’s Military Hill, could be lived in immediately, says agent Andrew Moore.

BUILT at the end of the last Great Depression, the 1930s Art Deco-style home The Haven, is for sale in the teeth of another tough time economically — but this lofty place is at least in as good a shape as it has been in its long lifetime.

THERE’s high hopes for Hill House, a rock solid farmhouse and do-er upper prospect newly up for sale in the upper Glen area of Cork city’s Ballyvolane.

THE founder of Britain’s most famous family dynasty of executioners once offered his macabre services in a case in Cork, in 1903.

Tommy Barker sees potential in a Georgian original on the North Mall

HOT on the heels of a local €1.5 million house sale comes ‘Leeview’ on the Clogheen road in Cork.

FORGET selling to the ‘great unwashed’, this Norwood Court house site in Cork is definitely pitched at the squeaky clean.

AEROBIC exercise is a given for those who live in elevated parts of the northside of Cork city.

WELCOME to Rosanna, in the Highest.

“A BRISK walk from the city centre” is how Andrew Moore describes the setting of Inisbeag, a bit of a market rarity in Cork’s Bellevue Park.

HAVING gone sale agreed on two big St Luke’s Cross area terraced homes in Cork at prices from €820,000 to closer to €890,000, estate agent Andrew Moore has a more manageable offering for around half at €425,000 for a three-bed.