IF a year makes a difference, check out the changes in a decade.

WHEN Avondale was built 18 years ago, the location was distinctly country in feel, at Garryduff in the rural end of Cork’s Rochestown.

APPEARANCES deceive, at least on the size front, at 2, Laurelville on Cork’s old suburban Ballinlough road.

MARTIN FAGAN of Mullingar Harriers cruised to a comfortable victory in yesterday’s New Year’s Day Resolution Five Kilometre Road Race in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.

TWO, detached four-beds, at opposite ends of the city, are on the market at the moment and would be ideal for families looking for more space.

STRONG investor interest is still being evidenced in Cork, says Global’s Paul Fleming and so far, there has been no let up in the market.

TWO miles from bustling Clonakilty and newly-built, this three-bedroomed dormer also comes with distant ocean views and a spacious site.

LISNAGARVEY hero Philip Stirling is obviously not one for sentiment. After all he scored a hat-trick of goals with a borrowed stick in the final of the Irish Senior Hockey Cup at Belfield on Saturday.