Fine girl you are... Tommy Barker visited Holy Ground to unearth the life and harbour times of this beauty.

Kilkenny’s five-star Lyrath Hotel has just been sold for well over €20m to an Irish consortium of buyers who plan to invest further in the 170-acre resort investment, which was developed at a boom-time cost of €50m.

The Irish Heritage Trust has unveiled the results of an almost €11m four-year restoration programme at historic Fota House.

Extensive restoration work on Fota House will be unveiled tomorrow as part of a drive to encourage visitors.

IT looks like it should have been part of the grand Fota Estate, but South Lodge is actually associated with the period Tullagreine House, say the selling agents of the winsome-looking stone cottage.