ONE of the country’s largest car-hire firms has reported a significant increase in business this year due to larger number of tourists in the country.

CLOSE to the finish line is this attractive new house at Kilcounty, Killeagh in Co Cork.

Chocolate maker Cadbury Schweppes today looked set to raise £109m (€156m) following an agreement to sell its South African drinks business Bormor.

IT started at €225,000 and you might think that’s a strong price for a derelict house, but this cottage at Glounthaune has auctioneer, Kevin O’Connell of Dan O’Connell and Co, grinning with delight.

THIS estate of three-year-old houses in Glounthaune is not, as the name suggests, next to the harbour, but rather towers over it.

A BIG new house close to the village of Glounthaune is on offer at €520,000 through auctioneer, Kevin O’Connell of Dan O’Connell and Co.

IT’S almost too good to be true - wonderful period house, superb decor and grounds that are achingly pretty - and it’s right next door to a castle.

A suicide bomber blew himself up today at a bus stop east of Tel Aviv, killing himself and wounding five bystanders, one of them seriously.