A LUNG-expanding climb from Sunday’s Well Road, via a narrow boreen, leads to a level plateau high above Cork city.

ANYONE buying in the million euro category in the Greater Cork area should give Foxwood House in Waterfall a viewing.

This detached property at Ballingohig Hill, Knockraha, Co Cork, has a guide price of €635,000.

IT was honours even for the four provinces last night at the RIAI’s 2006 Irish Architecture Awards when Environment Minister Dick Roche presented the four main prizes to projects in Cork, Galway, Belfast and Kildare.

THE last time a site was sold at Fountainstown, in April of this year, it made close to €550,000, at least €100,000 over its guide price of €450,000.

GOB-SMACKINGLY large mortgages they might be to those with 15 or so years of payments under their belt, but houses in the €400,000-plus bracket are the norm for trading-up today.

STONE and lots of it - that’s the distinguishing feature of this house at Ballyhoura, Buttevant, where Peter Barry of Liam Mullins and Associates is in charge of the sale.

A FREEZE on all public sector “stealth” taxes would cut inflation in half, a leading economist and opposition parties insisted yesterday.