A second multi-million euro Waterford sale — the AIB bank branch in the heart of the city for close to €2.25 million to a private investor - is imminent. It comes on the back of the just-concluded sale of the Fitzwilton Hotel, to an Austria-based investor, for €3.2m.

Strong early interest is being shown in the investment sale of an impressive Waterford City Georgian property, designed by the local, famed 18th century architect, ‘Honest John Roberts.’

Waterford’s historic T&H Doolan’s inn has been bought by a bar and hospitality family from the south-east for over €500,000 at a lively auction.

Billing itself as a top Waterford city four-star hotel, the modern-build Fitzwilton comes for sale with a €2 million price guide, just in time for the city’s 1100-year anniversary celebrations.

Dark, warm, historic and the perfect tourist draw, T&H Doolan’s public house in the centre of Waterford city is due up for auction shortly.

MODEL FARM ROAD, CORK €149,000

THERE’S a good return to sender, or in this case to the eventual buyer, of 18a Woodbine Business Park, in New Ross, Co Wexford.

CARRIGALINE, CORK €149,000

THE LOUGH, CORK €295,000

Belmont House was formerly the home of Dawn Run’s owner, writes Tommy Barker

Everything about this Waterford home screams luxury, especially the swimming pool Tommy Barker reports

RATHCOURSEY, EAST CORK €295,000

BISHOPSTOWN, CORK €325,000

Tommy Barker says these properties are cheaper to buy than build.

THE trickle of development land coming back on to the agricultural market with seriously deflated values continues, with a parcel of land at Stradbally, Co Waterford.

FAIR HILL, CORK €175,000

A FANTASTIC kitchen, billed as having hand-carved walnut units, is for sale in Waterford’s popular Fenor.

Tommy Barker uncovers a former coastguard’s home in Waterford washed by a fresh tide.

THE 18th century house Fairymount, in Co Waterford’s Cheekpoint had not so much a starring role as a supporting one in the 1995 TV mini-series, Jake’s Progress.

THERE’S a touch of older house class about low-slung mid-1980s three-bed bungalow at Knockane, Annestown in Co Waterford, but it is the setting above a private beach that is the star.

TK MAXX is set to relocate its business in Waterford near a medieval wall and castle in the city centre after a High Court ruling this summer meant that the company could no longer trade at the Butlerstown retail warehouse park on the outskirts of the city.

OLD or new, original or retro? Those few fortunate Waterford house hunters being wooed in the €1 million-plus category have quite a few offers to choose from, including these two from local Sherry FitzGerald agent John Rohan.

DAISY TERRACE is one of Waterford’s chicest addresses. Up at Summerhill, it is home to period terraced Victorian homes, just a short walk to all the urban amenities of the city on the Suir.

A PAIR of new semi-detached thatched cottages is set to snuggle into a row of old and existing thatches facing the beach in Waterford’s chic Dunmore East.

THE owner of 57 Newtown Road, a senior Waterford planner, has himself got serious house moving plans for his family, hence the sale of the restored Georgian city townhouse.

PRETTY much a toss of the coin as to which to buy of these similar Waterford bungalows; both are done to an identical standard.

Bank of Scotland (Ireland) has launched a €500m fund aimed at helping small and medium sized companies which are looking to expand their operations in 2008.

THE Tudor-style Waterford home 27 the Village is a big, bouncing Ballygunner trading-up option. How big? Try 3,600 sq ft for size.

WITH just three houses on the site, the auctioneer’s term “exclusive” probably does apply to Cedar Grove, a trio of fully-finished new homes on Waterford’s, eh, exclusive Dunmore Road.

NAMED Samas, after the Irish word for tranquility, this property at Killea, Dunmore East, Co. Waterford has a lot going for it, from seaside setting and views over the Hook Peninsula to a marina amount of wood decking and top-notch internal specification.

Tommy Barker says Creadan Bay House is a composite of old and new.

DUAGH Farm, with its 85 acres, is just outside Waterford city, and is one of two significant land sales in the region this month.

ROUGHLY €1,000 sought for each of its 300 years of age - what would the original inhabitants of this traditional thatched home make of it?

TWO hard-working brothers became multi-millionaires yesterday after selling their family pub for a nationwide record price.

A NATIONAL hotel chain may open on the site of a disused hotel in Waterford city.

IT was a day of mixed luck for Kinsale Rd., Cork owner Dermot O’Sullivan at the Mallow meeting.

AN auction guide price of €750,000 has been floated for the period Co Waterford property, Lahardan House, near Kilmeaden.

FARMLEIGH in Dublin’s Phoenix Park cost millions of euro to buy and conserve. Waterford’s Farmlea is a snip by comparison but, in stark contrast, the southeastern namesake Farmlea may face a wrecker’s ball.

THERE’S a touch of musical chairs in the upper echelons of Waterford’s residential market, with the buyer of a €1.95 modern mansion now selling his own fine period home, seeking over €1 million.

A FLOW of rooms on the ground floor, all done out in a bright and modern style and four bedrooms overhead, makes number 2 Glendarragh an inspiration for the aspirational.

A COTTAGE with a contemporary feel is how auctioneer John Rohan describes Rock Cottage in Tramore, Co Waterford.

WATERFORD’S Norris’s Bar, on the junction of Slievekeale Road and Barrack Street, has been sold for just under €2 million.