High-end Ros Na Laoi gives a different interpretation to the expression ‘builder’s finish,’ says Tommy Barker.

Tommy Barker reports on a cracker of a home in within Cork’s western suburbs ripe for the cherry picking.

The managing director of one of the largest family-owned businesses in the country, the Gowan Group, said yesterday that the scarcity of new housing has held back the performance of its appliance and consumer electronics business.

Tommy Barker visits a city outlier and townland that was recently a rural idyll, but now is an accessible and sought-after suburban stretch.

One of the largest family- owned businesses in the country, the Gowan Group, last year returned to profit to record pre-tax profits of €6.3m.

The National Consumer Agency has requested “detailed information” from a company over dishwashers here which have been recalled in Britain.

IT’S 12 years old, but inside it feels practically brand new, thanks to ongoing upgrades and investment in decor and design.

With a vendor in the fashion business, it’s no wonder this pad is turning heads, writes Tommy Barker

Losses at one of the largest family-owned businesses in the country, the Gowan Group continued to mount in 2010, new figures show.

Ardfionn is a big, modern contemporary build, Tommy Barker reports.

BACK when it was built, in the mid-2000s, Ardfionn represented exactly what the market (if not the economy) thinking was – spend away, the only way is up.

WHEN you buy a 150-year-old period house you know you’ve got work ahead of you – unless someone has been there and done it all before you.

IF imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Cork’s Lindville houses have been flattered to the eyeballs.

Tommy Barker on a house that’s head and shoulders above the rest.

BUILD, don’t knock. As a philosophy it works for a new Dublin property firm, with the same sort of ethos in one of its slick residential offerings.

Added touches give Fermoy home a big lift, Rose Martin reports.

THE location may be Fitton Street, but this Cork city centre development is going to be known for its fit-out.

GO a mile off Cork’s city’s ring road network at Rochestown, and home hunters may find a scheme where the developers have gone the extra mile.