After leaving their bilateral meeting on Monday, Mr Tusk lamented that there had been “no breakthrough” and that there is “no time to lose” with the October 31 deadline looming.

THE last Richmond, Blackrock Road house that featured in these pages ended its editorial exposure with the verdict “Likely to fly.”

Old Blackrock Road refurbed home is in walk-in condition, and is an easy walk to all of Cork city centre’s services and amenities too, says Tommy Barker.

WE’VE been here, to this very house, before. And, on this ‘House of the Week’ page also.

A recently relet restaurant in Cork city centre, between the GPO and St Patrick’s St, and part of a corner-set property with two other tenants earning €150,000 combined per annum, is for sale, priced at €2.1m.

Earlier times and days of gentrified pastimes are recalled in the name-place of Kinsale’s Bowling Green, Tommy Barker reports.

The European Union is reportedly threatening to hold back Britain's final €5.6bn rebate payment from Brussels as part of negotiations over the so-called Brexit "divorce" bill.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is "bitterly disappointed" by a US Department of Commerce decision to impose a tariff of nearly 220% on a new model of passenger jet manufactured by Bombardier, one of the North's biggest employers, Downing Street said.

400-piece train set packed away, it’s full steam ahead to a new destination for the owners of No 12 Abbotswood, reports Tommy Barker.

Welcome certainty has been provided by the British Government's determination to trigger Brexit talks by the end of March, Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan has said.

The name, Oval Top House, makes it sound like a table... but, as anyone who knows his or her Rochestown in Cork might suspect, this is the real sweet suite of options to dine out on.

The €9.5 million sale of Irish Life investment properties in Cork and Limerick includes two Patrick Street Cork units set for increased profile from next year, when the Capitol Cinema retail site is completed, bringing a strong anchor (Zara? H&M?) to this end of Patrick Street.

Hospitals imposing sugar tax on drinks and snacks is “a good idea”, said Health Minister Leo Varadkar.

An overall rent of €100,000 a year is sought for the ground and first floors of “the best pitch in Douglas.”

Perched high above the harbour and as picturesque, quaint and historic as the town itself, Kinsale’s Southwell Alms Houses are being put out to tender today with a view to preserving their antiquity and architectural integrity while giving them a new lease of life.

Southerly aspect , city location, with period interiors and long gardens, No 3 Lower Janemount packs a personality punch, says Tommy Barker. 

Security measures around the Channel Tunnel are to be stepped up after Britain and France agreed a package including extra private security guards, French police reinforcements, additional fences and more CCTV surveillance.

A sub-€500,000 price will surely attract investor interest to a South Mall, Cork City centre office investment.

Sq m: 247 (2,650 sq ft)

Size: Sq m 116 (1,250 sq ft)

British prime minister David Cameron has said he is “profoundly shocked” by allegations against a senior Downing Street aide involving child abuse images.

Size: Sq m 303 (3,250 sq ft)

Entrepreneurs are to be offered financial backing worth £69m (€82m) from the British Government, under a scheme which Prime Minister David Cameron believes will help create tens of thousands of new businesses.

Townhouse in top condition, close to city centre has a lot to offer Tommy Barker reports

DOUGLAS, CORK €395,000

THERE’S one more test to be done at City Gate, the recession-defying 300,000 sq ft phase 11 office and retail development at Cork’s Mahon: the test is to see if developer John Cleary can actually walk on water.

VICTORIA ROAD, CORK €265,000

With the date for auction put back until August 2, buyers interested in either of two properties on offer near Bantry, Co Cork have a little more time on their hands to sort out affairs beforehand.

KILBRITTAIN, CORK €110,000

THE former Cork City premsies of Game, at 66 Patrick Street, has been put up for lease, three months after the retail chain went into administration, affecting over 2,000 jobs in the UK and Ireland.

Rebekah Brooks will appear before the Leveson Inquiry next week.