The decision by the all-party Oireachtas committee examining Ireland’s abortion law to recommend the repeal of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution in its present form has prompted many people to write to The Irish Examiner on the subject.

A Waterfall home in walk-in condition has plenty of appeal, writes Tommy Barker.

The mild winter which has just ended has helped in the ahead-of schedule delivery of these long-awaited NAMA €600,000-plus house sales at Cork’s very upmarket Earls Well scheme at Waterfall. 

It can’t have been that hard for agents Savills to establish the appropriate asking price for No 52 Heatherfield: it’s €635,000— the same sum No 18 Heatherfield recently sold for.

Very high specifications across a large and accommodating home is the promise at Caledonia, a detached 4,800 sq ft family home at Ballyshoneen, Waterfall, about five miles from Bishopstown and 3.5 miles from Waterfall itself, just west of Cork city.

Now just over 40 years of age, this detached home called Whitethorn’s due a makeover.

It’s nearly a moot point as to who gets best looked after and accommodated at Greybrook, either those humans living in the almost-20 year old home, or the horses on the balance of its lands, with a mix of 30 stables and boxes, indoor and outdoor arena, tackrooms and more.

WITH more than 100 names down for chances to buy again, and at long last, at one of Munster’s very best developments where the two former showhouses went on first view on Tuesday, set to sell within days, it really will be a case of all’s well not ending well for most hopefuls at Earls Well.

Overhanging branches on roadside trees has led to haulage companies, nursing the costs of damages, threatening not to deliver to certain areas in Co Cork.

AIB has been granted summary judgment for sums totalling around €24m against 12 businesspeople from Cork and Kerry over default on loans they had guaranteed.

Two men who admitted their parts in a cowardly and nasty attack on a man in West Cork, who was kicked on the ground and left so seriously injured that he lost his spleen, yesterday got suspended jail terms.

AIB is seeking summary judgment for sums totalling around €25m against 14 businesspeople in Cork and Kerry over alleged default on loans which they had guaranteed.

My daughter suffers from facial flushing — she blushes as red as a beet if she is nervous or embarrassed. 

PRISTINE doesn’t quite do Ardeoin House justice. 

I was to express deep misgivings and concerns of the majority of anglers in the Blackwater Valley have regarding the future of the river as a salmon river.

While the market awaits the imminent relaunch of a handful of high-end homes at the Earls Well, Waterfall development, a former showhouse in the developers’ Fleming Construction’s original and adjacent Heatherfield scheme is on offer.

“If I had a dozen of them, they’d all sell, there’s huge demand for houses like this around Ovens - and no supply,” says Norma Healy of Sherry FitzGerald.

There’s horses for courses out at Old Abbey, in Cork’s Waterfall: not only is the area home to a well-known riding school, Greybrook, but it’s also popular with hunts.

<B>Tommy Barker </b>says buyers get a second chance to get into Waterfall estate west of Cork city suburbs.

Road bowling was probably brought to Ireland by Dutch troops fighting for William of Orange and was once a common sport countrywide before being confined mainly to Cork and Armagh.

A ‘sale agreed’ that dragged on for a year before collapsing might benefit the sellers of Caledonia, an eco-aware home in Cork’s Waterfall, at Ballyshoneen. 

Sq m: 93 (1,000 sq ft)

Sq m: 232 (2,500 sq ft)

Sq m: 218 (2,365 sq ft)

* Conna & District Flower & Gardening Club will present “Welcome to Spring” By Betty Holden, AOIFA in Conna Hall on Wednesday next at 8pm. www.connaflowerandgardenclub.org

A man has been jailed for a kung-fu style kick on a garda which resulted in her requiring medical attention.

Sq m: 202 (2,180 sq ft)

ABOUT 2,300 glasses of Baileys are consumed every minute of the day across the world.

Former Irish rugby player Peter Clohessy said yesterday that his pub business in Limerick is being “crucified” at the moment by works associated with a €5m plan to open up Limerick to the River Shannon.

My sister suffers from recurring cystitis, which often affects her kidneys. Is there anything natural she could take to help, as she is at her wits’ end? Antibiotics no longer seem to work

A chartered accountant who admitted stealing money from clients and engaging in an accountancy practice known as teeming and lading was given a four-year suspended jail sentence yesterday for the theft of €162,000.

Cork members won all three prizes at this year’s Macra na Feirme/Bank of Ireland National Leadership Awards, recognising their leadership skills within their clubs and the wider community.

The company that operates the well-known Limerick entertainment venue co-owned by former Irish rugby star Peter Clohessy slipped further into the red last year, new figures show.

The energy-efficient and light-filled Caledonia has been a labour of love for its owners.

Tommy Barker reports on a detached house sale at Waterfall, Cork

Former county star Micéal Ó Croinín showed class is permanent as Naomh Abán had a perfect start to the Cork Premier IFC at Kilmurry on Saturday night.

This property has an immediate feeling of home and ticks all the right boxes, writes Rose Martin

Brian Wilmot’s senior career continues its upward trajectory following a hard earned Munster championship win over Eamon Bowen Snr at Waterfall on Saturday He opened with a brilliant bowl past the Glasha.

The Stone Roses are rehearsing eight hours a day for their comeback.

A West Cork man was served up a top culinary award yesterday by being named the best student cook in the country.

THE hitman who gunned down a suspected drug dealer in the hallway of his rented home in Co Cork probably used a silencer.