A primely set, corner investment property in the heart of Cork’s suburban Douglas village which once was the focus for an €8m bar and restaurant venture is for sale for €1.75m plus Vat, let to three tenants and earning €174,000 a year in rent.

It mightn’t have been a headline where you were, but that’s not the point, writes Michael Moynihan

A leading pub chain in the North has bought back bars it sold in a multi-million pound sale and lease back deal just two years ago, it was announced today.