Nothing’s overlooked at Gorse Lodge, bar a picturesque creek by the sublime Kinsale area’s Sandycove Island, finds Tommy Barker.    

Carol O’Callaghan says a good cook has to have good tools for baking.   

Kya deLongchamps applies a cool clean eye to the latest and best in washers, fridge freezers and dishwashers and sifts best value from the varied offerings.

Tommy Barker says that this upgraded one-off comes to a Cork area buoyed by several €500,000-plus sales.

Tommy Barker says the mature looks of this ivy-clad property belies its Eighties architect-designed origins.

Talk about a high-end home - , even if it’s ‘only’ a townhouse. 

Size: 130sq m (1,400 sq ft)

Size: Sq m 372 (4,000 sq ft)

‘Tony the Fridge’ runs the length of Britain

Built about 10 years ago, and packed with some interior finery, is this glenside Ballybunion stone home, off the Doon Road just a minute’s downhill walk to the famed Ladies Beach.

Kya deLongchamps wets her hands in a range of sinks. Pictured is The Franke Ascona inset in brushed steel.

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

The top-class homes at Ashley have it all — and at slashed prices too, writes Tommy Barker

HOPEFULLY it isn’t ominous – but the dining room lightshade hanging over the table at yacht designer Rob Doyle’s design-savvy home is a design called Titanic. On the plus side, the sleek, long light has been in place for quite a few years, unlike that fateful ship.

BONNETS and hips, curtain swags and swagger — you can go one of several ways with the houses called Ashley.

THE price drop seems huge — but the truth is it might have been a bit too pricey in the first place.

This family home near Fethard, Co Tipperary is not as old as it looks. In fact, it is a spring chicken in building terms.

Tommy Barker

THE footballs say it all — lying forlornly on the grass on a quiet school morning, they hint at the life that goes on in Augusta Drive on Saturdays, Sundays and long, summer days.