Trish Dromey is impressed by the distinctive, mixed style of an architect's home featuring a blend of old and the new.

Millions of euros worth of Irish property was sold at two separate auctions yesterday, each streamed live online from Cork and Dublin, and they followed on from a further €12.5 million netted at the inaugural Allsop Private auction last week of 20 properties, at average sale prices of €625,000.

THERE are all sorts of houses out there: big houses, small houses, plain houses and ornate houses.

STANDING the test of time, and reflecting the shape of some ancient Irish dwellings is a Dingle peninsula home, newly up for sale combining novelty with location.