THE mission for the purchasers of Hollyhill House near Kinsale (should they choose to accept it,) is to seek out and rediscover the long-lost secret passage under the property.

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.

Daniel Day-Lewis is wanted for the role of James Bond.

CARRIGAHOLT, CO CLARE €115,000

THE former Nemo Rangers site, easily developed and in a cracking inner-suburban setting in Cork City, was expensively acquired by the Fleming Group, and is now for sale for its receivers.

An aerial view of the Douglas Motors site near St Finbarr’s Hospital (partially seen bottom of picture) which met strong demand before being sold.

There’s only a €5,000 difference between these Douglas area, Cork, properties, Tommy Barker reports

EVERY old river city, from Bergen to Bristol, from Hamburg to Cork, wears its past like a beautiful necklace.

TWO rural communities were numbed by grief yesterday following the tragic deaths of two young women in separate road traffic accidents.

Belgians are celebrating a 'world record' as their political leaders reach crisis day 249 in their efforts to form a government.

A SYMBOL of better times, Heatherfield will remain the quality house building calling card of troubled Fleming Construction: the collapsed entity now reportedly has debts of around €1.8 billion, well over the initial €1 billion sum widely referred to since ACC Bank first inched the rug out from under the group in 2009.

THE future of one of the country’s largest building groups is under threat following the decision by the Supreme Court to reject a restructuring plan.

DUTCH-owned ACC bank pulled the finger out of a dyke which held back a tide of debt washing around west Cork-based developers Fleming Construction.

ACC BANK will ask the High Court today to wind up three insolvent companies in the Fleming building group, which has debts of more than €1 billion, following the Supreme Court’s decision to end court protection for them.

HERE’S a thought: semi-detached houses don’t have to be left and right mirror images of one another. A strikingly simple pair of semis on Clonakilty’s Fernhill Road prove the point.

Tommy Barker says Earls Well properties have the mark of quality

BUYERS, be brave – you’ll be the real winners at Waterfall’s Earls Well development – getting the best new homes, bar none, built in Cork (if not all of Munster) in decades. And, you’re being offered them for a bargain, value for money price.

THE way has been cleared by An Bord Pleanála for more than 100 houses and apartments on a prime Douglas Road site in Cork city.

RESIDENTS fighting multi-million euro plans to build on the former home of a leading GAA club have raised several concerns just days before a crucial decision by the state’s planning appeals board.

THE terrace of houses at Beechwood Place, on the Douglas Road in Cork is for keeps: An Bord Pleanála has said so.

A new painless way of paying a house purchase deposit, called an Exchange Bond is a feature being introduced by builders Fleming Construction.

GREAT Island in Cork, home to Cobh, Verolme, Rushbrooke and right around to East Ferry and Marlogue Woods, has witnessed many a ship launch.

PLANS for a 6,000 to 10,000-seat events arena similar to Belfast’s Odyssey Arena have been proposed for a site west of Cork city as a new home for the Munster Showgrounds.

PROFITS at Cork construction and hotel firm JJ Fleming Holdings jumped by nearly 15% last year, according to accounts just filed at the Companies Registration Office.

PLANNING permission is being has been sought for the largest proposed housing development in Kinsale.

STEEL yourself: the launch of trading-up homes priced at €655,000 brings the steel-frame house building market to new levels.

A BEEHIVE is how the newest residential scheme in Kinsale, Compass Quay, looked last week.

LORNA and Sean Fleming will never forget the moment they first held their Vietnamese adopted child Kiana-ha in their arms.

MOVIE-makers love it, locals would die for it, it argues a convincing case for Kerry’s most scenic shores, dolphins seem not to be able to leave it - and holiday home hunters too have a deep-seated grá for Dingle.

THE prophets of doom might warn of an impending Irish house price slump - but the strength of demand for new homes shows little sign of abating.

IT’S daffodil time of the year - and one of a bunch of 50-plus houses at Daffodil Fields in Ballincollig is up for sale.

I AM delighted to see the recent success of the Wolfe Tones' version of Thomas Davis's 'A Nation Once Again' as a candidate in the BBC's No1 song of all time.