Tommy Barker is taken by the many charms of Carewswood House, which has links to White House

The recovery of the remains of three Protestant victims of the IRA has moved a step closer, almost a century after their deaths that marked the beginning of a vicious killing spree in West Cork.

The family of a pensioner whose beaten body was found bound and dumped on the floor of his home almost seven years ago has made an emotional appeal for help tracing his killers.

A motorist high on drugs who rammed a Garda car twice during an escapade of dangerous driving was banned from driving for 10 years and jailed for five years with the last two years suspended.

The maximum possible sentence of six months for driving without insurance was branded as a joke yesterday by a district court judge dealing with the case of a man with 20 previous convictions for the same offence.

Gardaí have launched a ‘cold case review’ of the brutal murder of a pensioner whose beaten body was found bound and dumped on the floor of his Cork home almost six years ago.

The nephew of a gentle, nature-loving, pensioner, murdered in Cork, has appealed to the public to help solve the five-year mystery surrounding the brutal killing.

After a slow start, St Vincent’s turned up the heat in the second-half of this Cork Premier IFC game at Ballyanley on Saturday, forcing Macroom into a loser’s group meeting with Glenville in round two.

THERE’S loads to see, and lots of space to play around with, at Claydon Hall, a seven-bedroomed family home in a rural setting just north of Cork city.

A POOR advert for football, with the free count more than doubling the scores registered, but both sides will be relieved for a chance of redemption next weekend after Saturday’s sterile Cork PIFC semi-final finished level at Páirc Uí Rinn.

A READY-to-go site for a large, 3,660 sq ft contemporary-styled four bed home is for sale at Beech Park in Rathcormac.

GARDAÍ, investigating the brutal murder of a pensioner in his home in Cork almost a year ago, yesterday renewed their appeal for help yesterday after an inquest.

BUILDERS try not to let the grass grow under their feet — but in the case of The Beeches, that’s exactly the landscaping plan adapted for this scheme of 13 serviced site.

REFINED Victorian living in the wonderful, lower harbour area of county Cork can be had at a fraction of town prices.

DETECTIVES investigating the murder of a recluse pensioner have created a wall of 40 photographs of people they want to eliminate from their inquiry.

GARDAÍ are hoping for a breakthrough in their investigation into the murder of a frail Cork pensioner when his last-known movements are re-enacted on Crimecall tonight.

A PRIEST urged the public yesterday to help gardaí find the person who tied up a frail pensioner in his home and left him to die.

Gardaí in Cork are appealing to an anonymous caller who contacted them this week in relation to the death of 74-year-old Gussie Hornibrook.

THE 74-year-old whose remains were found in his home, with his hands and legs tied, may have been the victim of a robber or someone who bore a grudge against him.

Gardaí in Cork say they are pursuing a number of theories as part of their investigation into the murder of pensioner Gussie Hornibrook earlier this week.

AS a full-scale murder hunt gets underway in Cork city, gardaí have refused to divulge the details of the postmortem examination on the body of a pensioner whose hands were bound.

Gardaí investigating the death of a 74-year-old man in Cork have upgraded their enquiry to a murder investigation.

Gardaí in Cork are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a pensioner whose body was found at his home in the city yesterday.

IN his feature article headlined ‘Sectarian wind up’ (Irish Examiner, June 26), Niall Meehan seems either to ignore or conveniently forget the facts surrounding the killing of Protestants in the west Cork area in the 1920s.

Rose Martin

FOR those who like gracious living, like to live by the sea, but not too remotely, then Averleigh on Rectory Road, Youghal might be perfect.

IN a valuable rental location, slap bang in the University/College of Art quarter of Cork city, number 7, Vicar’s Street is now up for sale through Noel Hornibrook of Harris Properties.

CREATING space and letting in more light were the top priorities for the owners of a home in Midleton, Co Cork.