THE pictures and brochure suggest it, and the house itself proves it: 50 Chestnut Meadows is a family home par excellence.

ONE of the most southerly stud farms in the country, Hawthorn Villa Stud, in the rich farming hinterland between Cork and Bandon, is up for sale.

THE sale of a dairy farm at Ballybride, Conna, Co Cork was hit by uncertainty in the market in late spring of last year, and it is being re-launched on the market by Michael Barry of Dick Barry Property Partners.