Tommy Barker reports on a bungalow with a sense of space.

VICTORIAN terraces on either side of this Douglas Road home get their names from trees.

A red-brick home of distinction in university heartland, No 3 could have a wide appeal, writes Tommy Barker.

There’s a fully-functioning, home-away-from home office coming gratis with the smart three-bed semi-d at 110 Fort Hill, the Murnane & O’Shea development up at Moneygourney, outside Douglas, Cork.

As temperatures and tennis enthusiasm soar during Wimbledon season, a family home with a private tennis court of its own, can expect to attract set viewings.

This four-bed semi-d called ‘La Puente’, inside and at the back end of the Endsleigh estate off Cork’s main Douglas Road, is primed for updating, once in new ownership.

An investment opportunity with six modern residential properties built 10 years ago is on offer off Spring Lane, in Cork city’s Blackpool employment hub.

There’s more than what first greets the eye for buyers, or viewers, at 154 Eagle Valley, in Cork’s suburban Wilton.

Estate agent Damian Murray has been blessed - twice - with a West Cork home sale now called the Old Priest’s House - even though a priest never lived in it.

Lower Glanmire Road, Cork

A multi-million euro brewing investment has commenced on Cork city’s Marina Park— ironically, in a 50,000 sq ft unit previously used by Beamish and Crawford as a distribution depot.

TUCKED away off the Church Road in Cork’s Blackrock suburb is the 1990s house scheme Rockfield, with a mix of semis and detached homes in an area of the city that had seen precious few modern developments. 

Glounthaune, Co Cork €695,000

U2 have been blasted for "devaluing music" by giving away their new album.

POLICE: INTRUDER CAUGHT COOKING CORN IN HOME

The Charles O’Brien trained Stocktons Wing, who is absolutely thrown into the second division of the Bobbyjo Bistro Great Value Packages Handicap at Fairyhouse tonight, will not run.

Pilots’ unions have lost their battle to persuade MEPs to vote against new European regulations for pilots’ flying hours which they consider “unsafe and discredited”.

Departing ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has slammed the Government’s record on human rights and equality, accusing ministers of cowardice on funding decisions.

The Equality and Rights Alliance says under-reporting of discrimination in the workplace is at an alarming level.

Two-bed Tara on a quarter-acre in the Lee Valley in Cork has individual design touches and is priced at €175,000, writes Tommy Barker

ROCHESTOWN, CORK €550,000

Property fits the bill for many traders up, Tommy Barker reports

TURNERS CROSS CORK €90,000

It may be small, but having only been on the market for a week, 5 Belmont Terrace is attracting some big interest. Tommy Barker reports

TURNERS CROSS CORK €150,000

A long back garden with organic vegetable section with fruit beds, in a cul de sac setting off the Blackrock Road by the grounds of the Ursuline Convent, plus the Marina for walks — the arrival of No 3 Glandore Avenue for sale makes for an attractive property purchase for singles or couples.

CORK CITY €175,000 (OFFERS OVER)

HULLABALOO over Fine Gael’s aborted PR stunt to mark the anniversary of their year in office was a sideshow.

EU legislation which provides compensation to passengers for cancelled flights could be posing a risk to the safety of aircraft, according to a leading aviation organisation.

WE have endured two weeks of incessant government propaganda on job creation.

Tommy Barker says The Swallows should fly, following the successful sale of Tullig farmhouse.

Civil rights campaigner Reverend Jesse Jackson has criticised the bailing out of Ireland’s banks with taxpayer funds while workers were punished with cuts.

THE main thing separating these two family homes is water — as in Cork harbour. One is in Passage West, the other in Glanmire and both are within reach of first-time buyers.

SLASHED to sell – no 18 Abbotswood Avenue in Cork’s Rochestown is now on offer at €330,000, down from an earlier ask of about €375,000.

STANDING high over the Shournagh Valley, this four-bed bungalow at Springmount, Carrigrohane, Co Cork, has the ideal mix of country location with fast access to Cork city.

A TIDY builder might be needed at Beech House – this four/five-bed home, on grounds as pristine as the house itself, has full planning in place for a second dwelling to be built alongside, amid its flowerbeds.

THERE is good value out there at the moment and if you’re paying rent and have a few bob saved why not buy?

ALDERBROOK is set into a hillside at Frankfield and has some of the best views of Cork city.

IT is a “grim time” for equality and human rights in Ireland as the independence of the Equality Authority and the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) have been severely breached, it has been claimed.

THERE isn’t very much left to be done to this house at Blossomgrove, Glanmire in Cork.

SOME 1,500 square feet of space is on offer at No 2 The Drive, Broadale, for a price in the region of €395,000.