Cork property developer John Barry has been declared a bankrupt in Britain.

Sq m: 155 (1,670 sq ft)

Farmer interest in the short term, with a view to longer-term development potential, is early to the fore in the sale of 45 acres of zoned land on the edge of Midleton, East Cork.

A proposal which called on the members of a golf club to donate €1m of a cash windfall to more than 20 local charities has failed.

It appears that a deal has been done in regard to land at St Joseph’s Road, Mallow — where 180 acres has been bought back by two farmers who sold the land to farmer-turned-developer, John Barry, in the first place.

The largest land deal in Co Cork in 2004 was the acquisition of 180 acres, close to Mallow town, by developer John Barry, of Castlelands Construction, when he paid a record €40m for level tillage ground off St Joseph’s Road.

A 450-acre landbank fringing Cork City and assembled at a cost of over €100m is being sold by Nama for about €7m.

IF the march of the Celtic Tiger had gone on longer, the views from number 13, Augusta Drive might be different now.

THE 2009 Augusta Masters might be recently over, and scooped by Angel Cabrera, but there’s a chance now for more ordinary souls to make the cut at Cork’s Augusta link – thanks to a decline in prices.

In the wake of the Kildare Ladies Footballers injecting their own personal funds into their panel, Cork's 2008 All-Ireland-winning camogie captain Caitriona Foley feels that a Gaelic Players Association-style organisation may be needed for the two women's gaelic codes.

WHITECHURCH is booming. The former sleepy village, a mere 10-minute drive from Blackpool, is now a fully-fledged dormitory town for Cork city.

A COUPLE of months after the sale of Belmont House at Moneygourney, Billy Casey is now offering Clonbray, a similar type of property at the same location off Marybourough Hill, Cork.

FRESH from one of the biggest sales of the year at Killavullen, north Cork, auctioneer Dan Fleming is selling a smaller, but no less well-appointed property at Carrignavar.

TAKE some time out at the Fairways in Midleton or Little Island, Co Cork, where two family homes are on the market.

THE boss of one of Munster’s biggest house-building companies yesterday rejected rumours his company was in financial trouble.

ONE of Ireland’s wealthiest property developers has been refused planning permission to revamp one of Kinsale’s most noted hostelries.

DEVELOPER Owen O’Callaghan is the closest of rival bidders to acquiring Cork Constitution’s grounds.

IF your New Year starts with the best of intentions, how about joining The Monks in 2007?

A MALLOW construction company is set to develop €1.5 billion worth of property in London’s Docklands.

ONE of the biggest GAA club developments in the country — which was part-funded by a local property tycoon — is nearing completion in north Cork.

A 100-YEAR-OLD golf club has been offered two new golf courses by a top designer if members will agree to move a few miles away to allow 1,000 houses be built on their course.

A MAJOR construction company has submitted proposals for an estimated €120 million housing project in Co Cork.

Moving tributes were paid today to a mum and her two children who died in a tragic swimming accident in Castletownroche yesterday.

THE EAST Cork property gold rush is in full swing, with bio-pharm company Amgen and its promised 1,000 jobs fuelling a residential price surge.

A COMPANY proposing a €220 million project in Midleton, Co Cork, claims its development isn’t contrary to proper planning principles and will be of benefit to the community.

“THE best value in town per square foot,” says the selling agent of the big, beefy three-bed semis at Castlepark Village.

NOT a bad week, then. An All-Ireland medal for hurling, a hero’s welcome back home, and the prospect of a brand new house by spring.