Abbeville and its grounds, which were the site of the home of former taoiseach Charles J Haughey, are up for sale for an asking price of €7.5m.

It was once the home of the rich and (in)famous.

Although not to everyone’s taste, this house will appeal to those with an eye for difference, says Tommy Barker.

FOLLOWING months of speculation Joe Moran, 51% owner of Manor Part Homes looks set to buy out minority stakeholder DCC.

CIÉ confirmed yesterday that its stalled multi-million-euro plans to regenerate and expand Cork’s dated Kent railway station are back on track.

CORK’S city councillors want to meet the board of CIÉ to thrash out issues surrounding the crucial, but stalled, development of a key city docklands site.

CORK city council is poised to invest up to€12 million in the development of a major indoor conference and events centre, it emerged last night.

STALLED talks have forced Cork’s city manager to consider new sites for a multi-million euro conference centre.

MULTI-MILLION euro plans for a massive residential and commercial development in Cork’s docklands, which include a landmark 10-storey tower, were finally given the green light by An Bord Pleanála yesterday.

A DERELICT Cork city quay is to be transformed into a €500 million urban quarter and major transport hub within 10 years, it emerged last night.

A NEW multi-agency body is poised to build on the massive economic success of Cork 2005 which was valued yesterday at €90 million.

CHARLES HAUGHEY preferred equestrian sports to golf but even he would have been impressed with the hole in one scored by the developers of his former estate home.

An Bord Pleanála has given final approval to the development of a tourism and recreational complex at the former estate of the late Charles Haughey in north Co Dublin.

CORK’S sprawling docklands area is on the fast track to a multi-billion euro transformation after it was cleared for vital tax breaks by Europe yesterday.

DERELICTION is being done away with: local authorities are moving on abandoned properties and those with title issues, prepared to move mountains of legal paperwork to get rid of scars on city and village streets.

A three-storey terrace high over Cork city has an efficient design with views to the river, the docklands, the suburbs and beyond, writes Tommy Barker.

Labour party leader Pat Rabbitte has described Charles Haughey - who died this morning - as a dominant figure in Irish politics for almost four decades.

HOUSEBUILDER Joe Moran yesterday disclosed to the Mahon planning tribunal how he paid €20,000 in 2002 to Fine Gael county councillor Anne Devitt, who helped him get public road access to his lands.

A BLUEPRINT for the multi-billion euro redevelopment of Cork’s north docks area, that includes 1,500 new homes and a 5,000-seat national events centre, was launched yesterday.

THERE was mounting speculation last night that Iarnród Éireann will axe its cement transport operation into Cork within months.

A STAKEHOLDERS’ forum is to be established to speed up the multi-billion redevelopment of Cork’s docklands.

Fingal County Council has granted planning permission for the development of 40 houses, a hotel and a golf course on a former residence of Charles Haughey.

THE tracks were cleared yesterday for a €500 million development on the CIÉ-owned Horgan’s Quay site in Cork and for a €25m revamp of the city’s Kent railway station.

A STRONG second half helped push up full year pre-tax profits at DCC group by 6% to €116 million.

FED up with standard house design and layout? For a blast of something fresh and different, try the Olympic, the last houses and most novel house type to go into the Pembroke Wood scheme in the harbour town of Passage West in Co Cork.

CHARLES HAUGHEY was forced to sell his Kinsealy home to pay a €5m tax debt to the State, it emerged yesterday.

Land surrounding the luxury mansion of former Taoiseach Charles Haughey should be made into an organic farming centre, it was claimed today.

Former Taoiseach Charlie Haughey has sold his luxury mansion home on the north side of Dublin to a property development company.

By Tommy Barker