THE owners and builders of Hunters Crest didn’t exactly rush into building their dream home: in fact, they owned the land for over 20 years, before getting around to putting a house on it. And, what a property mix it has all turned out to be.

The first of three massive cranes was loaded onto the Albatross this afternoon at the Cork Dockyard. Dan Linehan was on the scene to give us the lowdown on the action. 

Monkstown, Cork, €625,000

€200m in investments and up to 4,000 marine-centred jobs and new tourism attractions are in Cork Harbour’s pipeline, reports Tommy Barker.

The fate of the Verolme Cork Dockyard was sealed more than a year before its closure in 1984 when the government accepted a report by a consultant that it was not commercially viable.

In the early ’60s the Verolme Ship Building Co built a shipyard in Rushbrooke in Cork harbour and facilitated the training of hundreds of Irish men in the ship building yards of Holland.

Calypso is a find for sea lovers and families in need of space, with potential for another home on site.

FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan will ultimately decide what is to be done with the former Irish Steel site in Haulbowline, Co Cork, the Department of the Environment said last night.

ONE 51 and the Cork- based Doyle Group’s indicative offer of over €500 million for Irish Continental Group (ICG) has cleared up any confusion about its intentions.

Hawkeye Films is researching a documentary for TG4 on Cork’s docklands, looking at the impact the year 1984 had on the city, when Verolme and Ford closed, and the present redevelopment of the area.