Slick operator the Kerry-based men’s fashion retailer Paraffin has taken a prominent unit on Cork City’s Princes Street via agents Lisney, while Savills have found a Wexford-based ice-cream maker for a unit at the corner of Cook Street and Oliver Plunkett Street.

As Irish fans strip out campervans and minibuses to pack as many Poland-bound passengers, one Cork family will be following Trap’s Army in luxury.

THE Taoiseach has turned down an invitation to join in a gathering of foxy fun for red-heads next weekend.

THE Irish cottage — you could write a book about it, and many have.