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Spacious Mallow home has garden full of flowers and features

This spacious home is stunning, but it’s the garden that steals the show, says Trish Dromey.

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The Elms in Rochestown is bristling with potential

Tommy Barker says this well-placed elevated oasis is in need of an architect’s eye to bring it back to life.

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22 Augusta Drive back on the market and in excellent order

No 22, Augusta Drive is in the upmarket Maryborough Hill and is of excellent quality, says Tommy Barker.

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Push the boat out at riverside property in Kilmacsimon, Bandon

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Dundalk townhouse is a real style-setter

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Sleek, modern home on Model Farm Road is fit for a Hilton

Conna home has four acres, stables and is next door to the 30-horse yard of a top Irish horse trainer

The village of Conna is home to some top horse facilities and lots of winning ways, finds Tommy Barker.

Sat, 24 Sep, 2016

Sandy Island home sits at the mouth of the Roaring Water Bay, West Cork

When it comes to a unique selling point, this Sandy Island home certainly ticks the box, says Trish Dromey.

Sat, 24 Sep, 2016

Blarney’s Emoh Rua is a spacious mix of town and country

SOMETIMES, you have to go backwards to go forwards and in the case of Emoh Ruo the hint is in the name— it’s ‘our home’ in reverse. 

Sat, 24 Sep, 2016

Watch: Renovated home in Douglas provides modern space but retains its character

Cottagey charm and character within two kilometers of Douglas and at the foot of Clarke’s Hill and Mount Oval.

Sat, 24 Sep, 2016

These 14 large, detached properties in Kerry Pike will be snapped up by trader-uppers

Fourteen large, detached properties in Kerry Pike will be snapped up by trader-uppers, writes Trish Dromey.

Sat, 24 Sep, 2016

It’s hard to imagine this 19th-century Limerick home was ever a wreck

A serial renovator, it took Geraldine Dennehy over six months to refurbish Cosima, writes Trish Dromey.

Sat, 17 Sep, 2016

Harbour pad with style in Monkstown, Cork

Tommy Barker finds a Monkstown home with gardens every bit as good as the interiors.

Sat, 17 Sep, 2016

These six new-builds in North Cork estate are cheapest on the market right now

Viewings are being held 3-7pm most days and this weekend in particular.

Sat, 17 Sep, 2016

Spirits high as Clonakilty apartment development hits the market

Built to an exceptional standard in 2009 in Clonakilty’s Waterfront development, apartment 3 in the niche residential block in the top tourism town has had a further high-end makeover and refit in time for its refloating for sale.

Sat, 17 Sep, 2016

This spacious Georgian villa in beautiful West Cork is on market for €1.4m

The Rectory is on c1.25 acres, with two entrance drives, and faces south over its dropping lawns to the harbour and ocean, above the Wild Atlantic Way.

Sat, 17 Sep, 2016

Space, comfort and sea views in this Co Kerry home

The home of tasty mussels also offers up, tasty views, and a tasty price, says Trish Dromey.

Sat, 17 Sep, 2016

This hot-spot Blackrock home is worth a flutter

THROW the word ‘detached’ into the equation with a recognisable address like ‘Menloe Gardens’ and, really the hearts of the upwardly mobile and aspirational home hunters will go aflutter.

Sat, 17 Sep, 2016

This fresh, new-feeling period semi in Cork City is guided at €365,000

LESS is more, more or less, at the refashioned Cork city home called Knocknagow. 

Sat, 10 Sep, 2016

Gallery: Spacious five-bed family home with high-end interiors in Inniscarra

It’s a spacious family home in an ideal location. What more could you want? asks Tommy Barker.

Sat, 10 Sep, 2016

Tivoli home has outdoor swimming pool and is guided at €650,000

Tommy Barker discovers a house that is now bare and basic, is primed to be filled once more with family life.

Sat, 10 Sep, 2016

Ballinluska House in Myrtleville is a rare listing, in need of TLC and a vision

A bastion of the old British Empire, Ballinluska House in Myrtleville is up for sale but is under threat from the sea, writes Tommy Barker.

Sat, 10 Sep, 2016

Gallery: High interior style at this Ballinhassig plateau home

Freyneswood has the best of country luxe living, plus easy access to Cork city amenities, airport, hospitals and harbour, says Tommy Barker.

Sat, 03 Sep, 2016

Gallery: This Glanmire home is tastefully decorated, with an attractive rear garden

Home in Glanmire, Co Cork, is tastefully decorated, with an attractive rear garden, says Trish Dromey.

Sat, 03 Sep, 2016

10 new houses in Macroom are price-busters

Why not go west along the road to view 10 new houses outside the town?

Sat, 03 Sep, 2016

Holiday like a 'Dragon' in this big Inishmore island beach home

Trish Dromey finds a TV ‘Dragons’ Den’ judge has run the rule over this big Inishmore island beach home.

Sat, 03 Sep, 2016

This historic 18th century villa in Macroom is a potentially wonderful family home

The War of Independence is but one episode seen by this historic 18th century home, writes Tommy Barker.

Sat, 27 Aug, 2016

Modern Glanmire family home is much more than you bargained for

Tommy Barker looks at a house in Glanmire with plenty of options.

Sat, 27 Aug, 2016

Upmarket farm home with humble roots in West Cork

Tommy Barker looks forward to the new RTÉ TV series telling the stories of people trying to purchase a home.

Sat, 27 Aug, 2016

Three-storey Passage West house is in showhome condition

Tommy Barker views a high-spec upgrade.

Sat, 27 Aug, 2016

Newly-renovated cottage with two holiday lets has magnificent views along the Atlantic coast

A renovated stone cottage and its two tiny satellites overlooking the Atlantic is like a mini holiday village, says Trish Dromey.

Sat, 27 Aug, 2016

West Cork chalet in funky hideaway on market for €150,000

Tommy Barker considers life in the sloe lane in this funky hideaway situated between Rosscarbery and Clonakilty.

Sat, 27 Aug, 2016

Restored ruin right on river on the Dingle Peninsula

No expense was spared to revitalise this old farmhouse in a picturesque location, says Trish Dromey.    

Sat, 20 Aug, 2016

Seaside home in scenic East Cork is full of great features

Sat, 13 Aug, 2016

Gallery: 180-degree ocean views at Kinsale home on 8 acres, on market for €1.25m

Tommy Barker says you won’t take your eyes off the view, nor your toe out of the swimming pool, at this great home.

Sat, 06 Aug, 2016

Vee House, Clogheen, Co Tipperary is on the market at just €50,000

Diarmaid Condon talks to Kathriona Devereux of RTE’s ‘The Consumer Show’ about a legacy dilemma.

Sat, 06 Aug, 2016

Sherkin Island property has six beach-hugging acres for €500,000

Sat, 06 Aug, 2016

Cottage near Cork’s Wilton has been made into a spacious five-bed property

A cottage near Cork’s Wilton has been made over into a spacious five-bed property, writes Tommy Barker.

Sat, 06 Aug, 2016

A pair of beautifully rendered stone buildings offer buyers flexibility and opportunity in Waterford

Near the coastal village of Bunmahon in Waterford, two properties are being sold together — one a distinctive modern stone-faced house with large arched front windows, the other a prettily renovated stone schoolhouse.

Sat, 06 Aug, 2016

This penthouse apartment in Douglas is guided at €245,000

TAKING the long view on sales, in more ways than one, is new homes specialist Lawrence Sweeney of Cork’s Savills office.

Sat, 06 Aug, 2016

Glanmire bungalow has a fantastic rear garden (with several ponds) and is ready to move into

This bungalow has plenty of features inside and out writes Tommy Barker.

Sat, 30 Jul, 2016

Glengarriff bungalow has elevated views over scenic Bantry Bay

Perfect for a buyer who likes sea views on their holidays or for someone who wants to live with them all year round

Sat, 23 Jul, 2016

WATCH: Castletownbere property features an art gallery with four exhibition rooms

Tommy Barker reports on a Beara Peninsula property which features an accompanying art gallery or guest house. 

Sat, 23 Jul, 2016

Cork City home is tailor-made for suburban living

Sharon Vale in Laburnum Park off Cork’s Model Farm Road is a traditional family home that remains well turned-out, says Tommy Barker.

Sat, 23 Jul, 2016

This quality built family home in Cork is close to schools and city centre

Tommy Barker enjoys the views at Sungrove which is in a prime location close to the town centre.

Sat, 23 Jul, 2016

This Bishopstown beauty was tastefully reworked by a retired builder

This home is in the very heart of Bishopstown, near schools, colleges and hospitals, as well as shops galore.

Sat, 16 Jul, 2016

Glanmire home in tip-top condition makes the maximum use of space available

This home is in tip-top condition, in a small scheme near all the amenities of Glanmire and easily reached from the city too.

Sat, 16 Jul, 2016

This elegant home in Mallow will attract traders-up

Tommy Barker looks at a large, detached home in Mallow with five-bedrooms and plenty of space.

Sat, 16 Jul, 2016

House of the week: Glanmire, Cork €675,000

This is guided at €675,000, and is reached off a short, discrete shared access with low stone avenue walls off Church Hill.

Sat, 16 Jul, 2016

This upgraded bungalow with tennis court near Kinsale is on the market for €1.1m

Tommy Barker suggests you might enjoy a look the around (and from) this upgraded bungalow above Kinsale.

Sat, 16 Jul, 2016

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