A Dublin panel beater, who spent €40,000 and “thousands of man hours” restoring a dream race car he found discarded in a barn, has been told by a judge that the 64-year-old Jaguar XK 120 is now legally his.

Two apartment complex offers in Cork city, and both strongly let, are being offered to investors at sums of €5.5m and €6m-plus apiece.

STUDENT bed accommodation is reaching new heights close to UCC in Cork. A planning application is being finalised for a landmark €25 million 60-unit scheme of five, six and part nine storeys in height.