If transport capacity to and from the island of Ireland is a measure of economic activity, then we are set for period of expansion in 2018.

Dr Harty Cup final

St Flannan’s College, Ennis 1-9 Pobalscoil Sliabh Luachra, Rathmore 1-8: St Flannan’s stunned a fancied Pobalscoil Sliabh Luachra, Rathmore at Rathkeale yesterday in an absorbing Corn Uí Mhuiri quarter-final.

THE unpainted render exterior of 6, Egerton Villas, off Military Hill in St Luke’s gives few clues of the light-filled period elegance that lies within this city home.

Kinsale’s Carlton House hotel, developed by Gable Holdings in 2006 on a wooded 90 acre site overlooking Cork's scenic Oysterhaven Bay at a then-reported cost of €35m, is now for sale with Savills, for receivers, guiding €4.25 million.