‘I trained in Horticultural College in England and then I got into golf course construction and landscaping. I worked on golf courses all over Europe for years and then moved to Ireland in 2000 and set up my own landscaping company.

Eirgrid could face stiff opposition to aspects of its €1bn project to import electricity from France, after announcing its preferred site in Co Cork for a major electrical converter station.

Trevor Sheehan is guest relations manager at Castlemartyr Resort in Cork. Castlemartyrresort.ie

Annmarie O’Connor unveils her carefully curated collection of luxury gifts to inspire you.

A first of its kind, the employers will host one-to-one meetings with jobseekers.

Looking for a last-minute gift for Mother’s Day? Book these getaways, writes Ciara McDonnell.

There were warning signs back in April, signs I should have paid attention to. I was in hospital, about to go under general anaesthetic and I was playing a bargaining game with the surgeon. 

One of the country’s premier hotels, the five-star Castlemartyr Resort in East Cork, is planning a multi-million euro redevelopment as it celebrates its 10th birthday.

Estate agent Miah McGrath had up to 1,000 people cast a quick eye at this detached East Cork family home by Loughaderra Lake in the past week.

Sometimes you don’t need to travel for the perfect getaway. Karen Funnell enjoyed a rare night away at the Castlemartyr Resort, just 20 minutes from the city.

Pre-summer escapes are currently available at Castlemartyr Resort. 

Record numbers of hotel beds are continueing to change hands in a major shake-up of the tourism and hospitality sector.

Some East Cork families will be seeing in 2016 in five-star accommodation after their homes were swamped by flood waters, while eels were yesterday swimming down streets in Midleton as Storm Frank took its toll on the region.

Deirdre Reynolds enjoys a spot of self-indulgence — all by herself — in the opulence one of east Cork’s finest resorts.

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Tommy Barker reports on a family home that is convenient to Cork and east Cork’s beaches and offers all the trappings of a peaceful country living.

Wedding Belles

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.

The Castlemartyr Resort in Cork has been acquired for close to €14m by British businessman and hotelier Martin Shaw, who also owns a significant golf resort called Old Thorns Manor House in Hampshire, near London.

The menu would think nothing saddling up Neidín and travelling to Cavan and back for a taste of Silke Cropp’s Corleggy Cheese alone but throw in the Taste of Cavan 2015 food festival (Aug 7-8) and he’d be near tempted to shoulder the bould Neidín himself.

AFTER a market revival in 2012 and 2013, 60 Irish hotels sold in 2014 for a total of €440m, double that of the prior year.

ONE by one, Munster’s jewel resort hotels are finding appreciative new owners and investment: now, the stunning, five-star Castlemartyr Resort, in east Cork, may join the changing of the guard of ownership, having been developed at a cost of €70-€80m in the mid-2000s.

A five-star hotel, opened by then-taoiseach Bertie Ahern in 2008, which was developed at a cost of €70m, is now priced for sale at €13m.

The Irish Examiner’s innovative use of social media was rewarded at the inaugural Cork Digital Marketing Awards today.

Never let it be said that the Golf Column isn’t ahead of the game but if proof were needed, we’re not too modest to toot our horn.

Castlemartyr Resort was the scene of a luxurious spa event last week.

Kimye — the most famous honeymooners in Ireland — have reportedly moved on from Cork to take up residence in the Treaty City.

Keeping up with the Kardashians during the daily re-runs of their reality TV show is child’s play compared to catching up with the Kardashians along the highways and byways of East Cork.

Franchini’s,

Looking to take the little monsters away for Halloween? Pól Ó Conghaile has some frighteningly good fun for those travelling with or without the family.

He may have been born in the USA but we’ve claimed him as an Irishman.

Looking for somewhere novel to bring your dad this father’s day? Pól Ó Conghaile has 10 great suggestions to suit all budgets.

BUILDING bridges in the air for internet search engine companies, completing a psychiatric care hospital for the Under 18s in Cherry Orchard, Dublin, and fitting out offices in Cork for the likes of VMware and extensions for Boston Scientific — the architectural practice Reddy O’Riordan Staehli is back being busy as it celebrates its 40th birthday.

The Bell Tower Restaurant, Castlemartyr Resort,

Next month’s Johnson & Perrott Land Rover International Horse Trials in Ballindenisk is gearing up to be one of the best as the Cork venue again attracts the cream of international and national riders.

Zara Phillips, the grand-daughter of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, will bid for successive victories when she returns next month for the Johnson & Perrott Land Rover International Horse Trials in Ballindenisk, Cork.