Builders are back in business in cities like Dublin and Cork in the bid to get sites for a house-hungry market — and now an outer suburban site comes to market in Cork to test appetites for something just a bit further out.

THE owners of 35 Ringcurran Rise near Kinsale in Cork got in at ground or planning level, got to put their own input in the house design — and the individuality still shows in spades.

TWO major housing projects worth €100 million have been sanctioned by Cork County Council, while Bord Pleanála has given the green light to another large development.

WELL, yes, they do build them the way they used to - sometimes. Anyone who has ever bemoaned the drop in building and finishing standards can take heart at this Kinsale, Co Cork, home, constructed 10 years ago for the long haul.

PLANNING permission is being has been sought for the largest proposed housing development in Kinsale.