A BALCONY with views of the River Blackwater, a good address and generous sized accommodation were enough to secure a very early bid for this detached house on Quarry Road in Youghal.

WITH more than 100 names down for chances to buy again, and at long last, at one of Munster’s very best developments where the two former showhouses went on first view on Tuesday, set to sell within days, it really will be a case of all’s well not ending well for most hopefuls at Earls Well.

Four-bed semis are in very short supply in Ballincollig and many which do come on the market, are more expensive than this one at 138 An Caislean, guiding at €299,950.

A woman in her 20s is in a stable condition at Cork University Hospital after suffering serious injuries when she was attacked by a pitbull mastiff in her home in Co Cork.

There are quality woods inside, and outside, at Blackberry Cottage, in the woodland scheme of one-off homes called Brookwood. 

Anyone for duck? The proximity to gourmet delights around Ballymaloe and East Cork are held out as local attractions in the case of the sale of this Cloyne, Co Cork home — a spot with its own pond, for ducks and wildlife.

The potential sale of the country’s only oil refinery in Whitegate, Co Cork is back on the table despite its parent company appearing to pull the plug on the sales process last year.

The five-star Castlemartyr Resort in Co Cork has gone up for sale for €13m.

Gardaí are making a fresh appeal for the public's help in an unsolved suspicious death in Co Cork.

Tommy Barker enjoys the privacy that the aspect of Kinsale’s Old Rectory bestows and reflects on the history of this charming, elegant classic.

A 35-year-old woman has been killed in a road crash in Co Cork.