Semi-d purchase cancellation brings buyers 'last chance saloon' to enter upmarket Botanika.

A 1960s former office block in one of Cork’s most desirable residential areas is to undergo a €10m conversion into a local authority downsizing housing project.

Experienced Limerick defender Richie McCarthy has revealed how an inspirational team-talk from Shane Dowling gave them the belief to dethrone All-Ireland holders Galway.

It's coming up on 250 years of age, and Riverside is still absolutely lovely. Set on the Castle Road in Cork’s Blackrock, in this increasingly regentrified Leeside setting, this wide, bow-fronted home has roots dating right back to the 1790s, making it one of the oldest, and most beguiling, homes in this select scenic stretch of narrow, cliff-hugging road and shoreline, ’twixt village and the iconic Blackrock Castle.

This new release of homes signals a fresh new direction in Blackrock, Cork, writes Tommy Barker.

A man jogging home from late-night work was tripped and assaulted and in the course of verbal abuse he heard his attacker using the word, ‘black’.

This well-located family home is in mint condition, says Tommy Barker.

Blackrock supporters will be hoping last season’s beaten finalists can go a step further this year and land their first Cork senior hurling title since 2002.

Tommy Barker on a Blackrock classic.

Fancy going up in the world, in Cork’s Blackrock, at an affordable price into the bargain? 

We were impressed with how Blackrock went about their business in the semi-final victory against Na Piarsaigh.

The former home of composer John Gibson hits all the right notes, says Tommy Barker

A visiting party from German Insurance company R+V Insurance were driven in Ford Model T 's along Centre Park Road from St Anne's Church in Shandon to Blackrock Castle.

It tested the patience of residents and the resilience of traders but the trade-off for Blackrock village after months of inconvenience is a €2m facelift, to be officially unveiled today.

Tucked away in a cul-de-sac off the ever-popular Blackrock Road, No 1 Sunnyside in Barrington’s Avenue is a recently modernised end-of-terrace two-bed house.  

It is now over 50 days since Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116 and its crew came to their tragic and untimely end.

The duplex No 30 is for resale, with €245,00 sought by estate agent Jeremy Murphy, and that’s for one of the largest, a three-bed of c 1,200 sq ft.

The convenience of its Skehard Road location in Blackrock, is certain to attract good viewings for the three-bed end of terrace 5 Old Cliffe Park. 

Former British Chancellor George Osborne is to be paid £650,000 a year for working just 48 days a year at asset manager BlackRock, according to the UK parliament’s register of members interests.

A larger-than-life personality and true green Irish sporting hero was the last occupant of 5 Menloe Park; now, quite the scrum of viewing interest can be expected on this five-bed Blackrock home’s arrival on the open market.

Because properties with a guide of €155,000 are pretty rare in Blackrock, this one bed apartment at 22 Dunraven Downs is getting quite a bit of attention.

As if its prestigious address, spacious, well-proportioned rooms and private back garden weren’t enough to attract a buyer, Almaville on the Blackrock Road also offers up a little mystery for extra measure.

IN PROPERTY sales, quick results most readily come from a top location, a top address or simply a covetable home, in tip-top order. 

Tommy Barker reports on a late-Georgian home which has just come to market on the Cork city’s Blackrock Road.

Tommy Barker eyes up a home in the visionary Jacob’s Island development which he says is maturing nicely.