People living in an East Cork village are concerned about plans which could disturb a site where dozens of British soldiers were executed by an IRA unit during the War of Independence.

Starter homes across the east, west and north of the county.

Off to a flying 2019 start is the well-set Atlantic Villa, between East Cork’s Ballycotton village core, and its famed Cliff Walk.

A whole new wave of folks now realise what a gem we have in coastal East Cork, writes Tommy Barker.

The property is located in the townland of Ballycroneen — just 14km from the market town of Midleton and 7km from the famous village of Cloyne.

From the long strand at Garryvoe Beach, a prominent island captures the gaze. The truncated triangle of Ballycotton Island, with its striking lighthouse has long been a focal point for locals and visitors and a favourite

Plans for a housing development in Castlemartyr have been rejected because of the inadequacy of wastewater treatment facilities in the East Cork village.

Businesses in an east Cork town say a street renovation scheme in the town centre timed to coincide with the peak summer season may result in closures or job cuts.

TV chef Rachel Allen and her Formula 4 racing son, Lucca, have backed a new drive to encourage visitors to turn east after landing at Cork Airport.

Land in east Cork has been selling very well of late, and it’s no surprise, writes Conor Power.

A location in East Cork is being lined up by IKEA, the world’s largest furniture retailer, for its second full retail store in the Republic, with a promise of around 500 retail jobs locally, writes Irish Examiner Property Editor, Tommy Barker.

East Cork-born animator Nora Twomey didn’t hesitate to fly to America when Angelina Jolie wanted to collaborate on her latest film, writes Esther McCarthy.

Winter may just be beginning but an enterprising couple in Killeagh  are already working on plans to bring back the village’s 150-year-old May celebration, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Plans are being drawn up to bring in more tourists to an East Cork village by opening up a 30m-high round tower and 11th century cathedral.

Subtle exterior touches outside this modern build in Ballincurrig, East Cork, indicate an attention to detail: and, they don’t mislead, there’s a lot going on inside also.

"You won’t get a better bargain in the January sales in Penneys,” quips Midleton estate agent James Colbert, about this family home house Naoimh Pádraig, on a half-acre out by East Cork’s East Ferry, which he guides as a New Year offer at €380,000.

The €13 million sale agreed of East Cork’s Castlemartyr Resort to UK buyer Martin Shaw could prove fortuitous: business sources say interest is picking up for a major new biotech employer for a sizeable portion of the Amgen pharma site in Carrigtwohill east of Cork city, which was moth-balled after a major infrastructural investment and land-buying spree almost a decade ago.

Imagination and elbow grease have combined to create this stylish and functional, contemporary family home.

Trish Dromey says this period property in north-east Cork was carefully modernised and now scores a C1 BER.

The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has allocated €650,000 for the completion of repairs to a sea wall in an east Cork seaside town.