Two men from Cork are taking two weeks out of their time to transport vital aid to help people whose lives were destroyed by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

VICTORIAN terraces on either side of this Douglas Road home get their names from trees.

This four-bed semi d at 18 Hollygarth, Donnybrook in Douglas is a renovation project, no doubt.

Tommy Barker is impressed with Annaville at the Lough in Cork. 

As temperatures and tennis enthusiasm soar during Wimbledon season, a family home with a private tennis court of its own, can expect to attract set viewings.

This four-bed semi-d called ‘La Puente’, inside and at the back end of the Endsleigh estate off Cork’s main Douglas Road, is primed for updating, once in new ownership.

An investment opportunity with six modern residential properties built 10 years ago is on offer off Spring Lane, in Cork city’s Blackpool employment hub.

Sq m: 233 (2,500 sq ft)

Two-bed Tara on a quarter-acre in the Lee Valley in Cork has individual design touches and is priced at €175,000, writes Tommy Barker

Property fits the bill for many traders up, Tommy Barker reports

No 6 The Grove is tucked away off College Road, Cork, and is priced at €450,000, writes Tommy Barker

INNISCARRA, CORK €250,000

The extra features worth noting on Riverwood House, in Cork’s Glanmire, run to about the same word count as you’d find in an entire descriptive sales brochure for a standard property — there’s so much extra on offer here.

A long back garden with organic vegetable section with fruit beds, in a cul de sac setting off the Blackrock Road by the grounds of the Ursuline Convent, plus the Marina for walks — the arrival of No 3 Glandore Avenue for sale makes for an attractive property purchase for singles or couples.

A Clare builder was told by two individuals in a pub that he stood to make between €2,000 and €10,000 per week if he participated in an alleged Vat scam.

Red-brick terrace charm, cathedral views and reasonably priced too, Tommy Barker reports

Detached houses like this with its big gardens are prized, writes Tommy Barker

This is a great Blarney house that’s just perfect for young families, Rose Martin reports.

RE-INTERPRETING is a strong part of doing up an older house, and in the case of No 23 St Joseph’s Drive, Montenotte, Cork, many of the old features have been retained, in what is still a distinctly modern upgrade.

NUMBER 18, The Glen, Donnybrook, Douglas is a good three-bed semi in a good suburban location and properties here are selling well.

MAHON peninsula, in Cork harbour, was an unappreciated waterfront asset — until the Lee tunnel came into being, and City Hall sold off large land tracts at this geographic ‘backwater,’ for huge money.

SLASHED to sell – no 18 Abbotswood Avenue in Cork’s Rochestown is now on offer at €330,000, down from an earlier ask of about €375,000.

THERE were a number of quarter acre sites sold in Broadale when the Maryborough Hill estate was first constructed by builders McInerneys. Now, 15 years later, a rare resale is offered at 4 The Heights – at a very attractive price.

STANDING high over the Shournagh Valley, this four-bed bungalow at Springmount, Carrigrohane, Co Cork, has the ideal mix of country location with fast access to Cork city.

THERE’S a lot of house for €430,000 in this Glyntown, Glanmire, Co Cork home, which is detached and in a good location, says Michael Downey, of ERA Downey McCarthy.

HEY ho — how times change. These houses at The Borough on Cork’s Maryborough Hill are sitting on some of the most expensive real estate in the city — the land was bought at peak, but the majority of the development came to fruition after the downturn.

THEY’RE part of the new suburbs that have grown up around Cork city and this pair of detached houses have a lot in common.

ALDERBROOK is set into a hillside at Frankfield and has some of the best views of Cork city.

SOME 1,500 square feet of space is on offer at No 2 The Drive, Broadale, for a price in the region of €395,000.

State-of-the-art Evergreen is a bounty for buyers, says Rose Martin.

A SPACIOUS, four-bed semi at Curragh Woods, Frankfield comes with a reasonable, €395,000 asking price.

IT’S detached, it’s minutes from Carrigaline and has the kind of decor which will appeal to young buyers — and it’s on the market at a knockdown€320,000.

Rose Martin looks at a Glanmire house extension with a touch of class.

HAVING too much ground around you can sometimes be as much of a liability as a blessing: it can sound the death knell of a modest building in cases where the ground is worth more than the dwelling.

PATRICIAN Academy, Mallow and Intermediate School, Killorglin, scored impressive wins in the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup (Round One) yesterday.

BIG and small and owned by father and son, these two properties at Ard Abhainn, Knockraha, Co Cork give a size option.

Rose Martin reports on an aptly-named makeover of a former stables.

NEVER mind the quality — feel the length and breadth is more or less the approach of auctioneer Micheal Downey when it comes to this property at Glyntown, Glanmire, Co Cork.

Tommy Barker says Monkstown Castle Demesne has a natural look.