Here is a selection of people who have begun new roles with companies in Ireland.

An exciting portfolio of works is underway, writes Kevin O’Neill.

The country’s largest wholesale food supplier, Pallas Foods, which has an annual turnover in excess of €350m, has closed out a deal on a 83,000sq ft logistics building in Cork’s Courtstown.

This period residence should offer plenty of appeal to first-time buyers and downsizers alike, according to Trish Dromey.

Tommy Barker discovers a generously-sized house in a desirable part of Cork which has been subtly improved by its interior designer owner

A fully-let, and substantially rebuilt, period property two doors away from the Cork Vision Centre on North Main Street is for sale, with an income of €105,750 pa.

Delivery of new office stock in Cork city looks set to calm recent rent growth, with current peaks now standing at €350 per square metre or €32.50 per square foot, according to a new specialist sector report.

Renewing the Help-to-Buy scheme is "vital" to ensuring future growth in the housing market in Cork, according to estate agents Lisney.

Bishopstown property is a 1970s relic but renovators will relish the chance to extend this already sizeable home, says Tommy Barker.

Potential fall-out from a No-Deal Brexit, and uncertainty surrounding the continuation of the Government’s Help to Buy schemes for first time buyers, will influence the performance of the Irish residential property market for the rest of this year, estate agency Lisney says.

Sean Lynch and Ronan Lynch, the owners of the Swan Bar on Dublin’s Aungier Street, have settled their High Court action alleging defamation in a newspaper article.

DEVELOPMENT land on the grounds of the five-star Fota Island Resort, with full planning in place for 88 houses, half of them pitched at the “executive family market” goes to market this week for Fota’s owners the Kang family, via agents Lisney, guided at €4m.

Construction work is due to start on site by year’s end for a 165-bed Cork city centre hotel, adjacent to the bus station and alongside the Prism office tower site: both key sites cleared planning in recent weeks.

The property for sale shows excellent timing: the street’s bouncing back to rude good health.

THERE’S a clock ticking in the background of this bungalow home called Vermar.

The sale of a church building and an adjacent development site in Cork’s Sunday’s Well is understood to be progressing between UCC and the Vincentian order.

A review of the performance of the Cork commercial property market for the first quarter of 2019 by Lisney gives support to sentiment of a temporary cooling down in activity levels.

There’s a sale agreed, at over €16 million, of the 43,000 sq ft Webworks building, next to Cork City Hall and the Elysian. It’s understood to be to a European fund, after considerable interest was shown in the fully occupied building, where an expected 2019 rental uplift fuelled investor demand.

‘Tirol’ is sure to be an odd-ons favourite in the run up to the festive season, reports Tommy Barker

A Cork City office building is up for sale with a €16m price tag.

Tommy Barker eyes up a rare opportunity to buy into a niche development in a well-regarded location.

AN office building on Cork City’s South Mall with further rental uplift scope has sold within months of going to the open market, and has fetched about 25% over its guide price, after competitive bidding.

WITH all roads set to lead to Cork Harbour’s Ringaskiddy, thanks to a Port of Cork downriver operations move, and a new, vastly improved road link, the timing of the launch of a major space facility for logistics, storage, and manufacturing is apt.

The former St Kevin’s Asylum, and over 14 acres of zoned land, has finally been placed on the market for sale by the HSE, with a €2.95 million price guide via agents Lisney, who say it has clear residential development potential.

Ireland’s tallest residential tower, the Elysian in Cork City centre, has been sold for over €90m to global property investors Kennedy Wilson.

A €160m development is set to create the first urban residential quarter in Cork city’s sprawling docklands.

Cork City Council is close to acquiring 106 acres and a period house near the Lee Fields and the Model Farm Road for possible use as a greenway amenity, in a deal valued at more than €2.2m.

INVESTMENT sales at Cork Airport Business Park are lining up for take-off, and landing, with increased regularity.

For the past 10 years Rosemount House in the Dublin suburb of Dundrum has been home to Harmonia. 

Brand new to the Cork market this week is a prime office investment opportunity, for sale via agents Lisney, at 26/27 South Mall, writes Diarmaid Condon.

A decade after completion, and having weathered the economic crash, Cork’s iconic Elysian tower and its 211 flanking apartments are now fully occupied.

A decade after completion, and having weathered the economic crash, Cork's iconic Elysian tower and its 211 flanking apartments are now fully occupied.

The one-off, fully-furnished three-bed was one of two show apartments in Blackrock House, writes Tommy Barker.

A number of new office occupiers and sale deals are coming to an end-of-year close in the heart of Cork city, at Lapps Quay, at City Quarter, and at the Elysian, where a new walk-in medical clinic is set to open next month and where a new restaurant letting is agreed. Plus there’s 12,000 sq ft of offices at the Elysian under active negotiation via Lisney.

A new €10m revamp to Cork city’s railway station is to open to tomorrow providing passenger access to the quays for the first time.

A Kiwi from the Cook Islands, and a local award-wining food entrepreneur, are to head up the new restaurant/cafe in the €10m Nano Nagle centre, in the historic heart of Cork city.

An £8m (€9.1m) office and retail block in Belfast will be the first Grade A development to have guaranteed internet connectivity, those behind the project have said.

A ready-to-build residential site within a few minutes walk of EMC/Dell in Cork’s Killumney and three miles from Ballincollig has come to market, where average cost per ‘stand’ to build on is running at €55,000. It equates to €563,000 per acre.

DEVELOPMENT worth €160 million, spanning eight buildings and to include 237 apartments, a 136-bed hotel, 400,000 sq ft of offices and an acre of open plaza is coming on track on Cork city’s Horgan’s Quay.