After 30 years in residence, since they got married and with a family reared, the owners of this dormer are selling up to move closer to adult offspring.

Camelia De Cotte emerged as the shortest-priced runner at a well-attended meeting at Tramore, winning the opening tramoreracecourse.com Mares’ Maiden Hurdle in the manner expected of a 1-5 chance.

GARDENS of quality outside on almost an acre, and space inside to a high standard, all combine to make Carraig Rua quite the catch for families trading up in south county Cork and Carrigaline.

Former professional jockey Shay Barry saddled his first double as a handler at yesterday’s Waterford Foxhounds point-to-point fixture.

St Francis Coll, Rochestown 1-6 Clonakilty CC 0-7: Conor Russell’s goal was the key score as last year’s defeated finalists St Francis College, Rochestown advanced to the Corn Uí Mhuirí semi-finals with victory over Clonakilty CC at Newcestown yesterday.

The 5,000 sq ft ‘Buncoille’, in Monkstown, has a master bedroom the size of a city flat, says Tommy Barker.

Inis is an architect-led, beautifully redesigned, walk-in condition, detached property at the city end of Cork’s popular Blackrock Road.

Tommy Barker on a recently upgraded house of two styles close to all the facilities of Cork’s urban life.

Clonakilty CC 2-15De La Salle, Macroom 1-11

Tramore crowned a remarkable week for Munster golf clubs at the AIG Cups and Shields national finals when they claimed the Senior Cup at Carton House.

Munster champions Tramore needed all their fighting spirit after six years of campaigning together to reach today’s AIG Senior Cup final at Carton House.

Weekend wins for Rosslare in Irish Senior Cup Leinster section and Warrenpoint in the Barton Shield in Ulster have confirmed the field for the national finals of the AIG Cups and Shields at Carton House, Kildare next month.

Irish Senior Cup

The opening race of the Cork Dry Gin Calves Week saw 60 boats compete around the West Cork Islands yesterday in the first of four days of competition organised by Schull Harbour Sailing Club.

THE ‘Shark’ Hanlon-trained Viking Splash served notice he’s a possible candidate for top honours in the hunters chase division by destroying the opposition in a vintage renewal of the open lightweight at yesterday’s United Hunt Club point-to-point fixture at Ballindenisk.

MITCHELSTOWN yesterday ended 101 years of disappointment and frustration when they won the Chartis Irish Junior Cup with a decisive 4-1 victory over Lurgan at Castlerock.

WHEREAS Tramore have captured the Barton Shield on three occasions, Mitchelstown were contesting the national finals of any competition when they took on Ballina in the semi-final of the Irish Junior Cup at Castlerock, Co Derry, yesterday.

THE tail-end of Hurricane Katia has made the practice rounds for the Chartis Irish Cups and Shields finals at Castlerock, Co Derry over the past few days more a test of stamina than skill, although it is confidently expected calm will have been restored when the festival gets under way today with the semi-finals of both the Barton Shield and Irish Junior Cup.

Knocknacurra on the upmarket Blackrock Road is twice its original size and stylishly refitted, says Tommy Barker.

A FAMILY that was traumatised after switching over to a state TV station to witness their deceased mother’s entire embalming process being secretly filmed have received an out-of-court settlement from producers.

FOOTY Facts proved himself on course for a crack at the Thyestes at Gowran Park in three weeks when slamming veteran Hardy Eustace in the Kathleen Clarke 80th Birthday Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday, when snow showers resulted in the County Kildare track adopting a seasonal look.

WILLIE Mullins and Ruby Walsh shared a double with Scholar’s Mate and Our Monty in the two handicap hurdles at Punchestown yesterday.

MIDDLE Persia will be strongly fancied to open her account in the opening Irish Stallion Farms Fillies Maiden, if tonight’s Clonmel meeting survives an 8.30.a.m. inspection.

THE David Kiely-trained Seenya can overcome an absence of 141 days and land the Saltan Properties four-year-old Maiden Hurdle at Tramore this evening.

PHILIP FENTON, who won the bumper at Punchestown on Saturday with a possible star of the future in Dunguib, was on the mark again at Cork yesterday when landing the featured Blackwater Handicap Hurdle with Gusda.

A DEAD MAN whose remains travelled over and back between London and Ireland in the back of a 4x4 for three months will finally find a resting place today in his native Waterford.

Tommy Barker on a development that’s giving a harbour town a boost

DAVY RUSSELL continued his relentless pursuit of a first jockey’s title when guiding well-backed Kingsmaster to a smooth successs in the Waterford and Tramore Supporters’ Club Maiden Hurdle at the final stage of the Tramore Festival yesterday.

DAVY RUSSELL continued his relentless pursuit of a first jockey’s title when guiding well-backed Kingsmaster to a smooth successs in the Waterford and Tramore Supporters’ Club Maiden Hurdle at the final stage of the Tramore Festival yesterday.

THE scalpels will be out in force when the bidding starts on Firdoshi, a big and beguiling family home right on the back door of the Cork University Hospital.

MICHAEL HOURIGAN is set to take the wraps off highly-rated Mossbank in the St Margaret's Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

THE four day Tramore Racing Festival, which runs from tomorrow evening through to Sunday, is expected once more to deliver another major boost to the thriving racing scene in the south-east.

IT could be called CEO Central - this Cork house has been home to the bosses of public and private companies and authorities over the last 30 years.

LOOK BETWEEN US, trained locally at Banteer by Louis Archdeacon, streaked away with the Carbon Group Handicap Chase at Cork last night.

DYRICK DAYBREAK can hardly be opposed in the www.fairyhouseracecourse.ie Hurdle at the Co Meath track this evening.

MARK GRANT is in virtually unstoppable form at present and the Co Tipperary-born jockey brought his tally for the Limerick Christmas festival to five by partnering a double at the popular Greenmount venue yesterday.