A house building site of 1.8 acres, with full planning for 15 new homes and with 12 of them started, is for sale on behalf of a receiver, guiding at €875,000

Mick McCarthy’s hopes of becoming Ireland manager may be fading and he was fully focused on his current side Ipswich last night.

No 101 is a 3-bed semi with €240,000 price guide, Tommy Barker reports

Coventry 1 Bristol City 0

Three-bed Midleton townhouse open to offers of €168,000, Tommy Barker reports.

No 11 An Goirtin is in showhouse standard.

CONNACHT’S new coaching director Eric Elwood is sweating on the availability of players before a ball has been kicked in this season’s Magners League.

Connacht 5 Saracens 22, the Sportsground

A THREE to four-bed house near Cork’s UCC at Wycherley Place promises to make financial sense for those who might even have just scraped a low D in pass maths, reckons estate agent Peter Skuse of Cahalane Skuse.

CHEAPER by a mile, and up a new by-pass road under construction as well, the Skibbereen west Cork houses at Chapel Court are being launched next weekend, with prices to tempt buyers to switch from renting.

FROM flat irons to flats — estate agent Peter Skuse throws a shape on stories as well as properties.

Portsmouth 0 Bristol City 0

IT’S TIME to put local authority loans back on buyers’ radar.

THE Sheffield half-marathon, a 13-mile test of physical and mental strength which yesterday snaked it way past Bramall Lane, provided the perfect metaphor to sum up the contrasting ways these two sides are ending the season.

LONDON IRISH director of rugby Brian Smith described Mike Catt as a “special player”, after the England veteran defied a back problem to help the Exiles to a 24-16 Heineken Cup victory over Perpignan yesterday.

FOR most footballers, a guaranteed place in the starting XI — not to mention a healthy pay-packet — is the essence of happiness.

IT’S the Killiney of Cork, says Peter Skuse of Cork’s Blackrock suburb, and its Castle Road water-view houses.

The €315,000 price tag on 122 Elm Park makes it an ideal starter home.

WELL, there’s one at least comes along each spring with impeccable timing. This time no 30 Daffodil Fields is the first four-bed detached to burst onto the selling season, in tune with nature’s equivalent, hosts of golden daffodils.

Bristol City staged a tremendous fightback to claim a fourth-round replay at Middlesbrough on February 13.

Llanelli Scarlets 20 London Irish 16

LLANELLI survived a rousing second-half fightback from London Irish to open their Heineken Cup campaign with a maximum five-point haul at the Madejski Stadium.

YOU won’t need marbles in your mouth to hit the right tone at St Anne’s, a Marble Hall Park home located just at the start of the Douglas and Ballinlough roads in Cork city.

IF you were vague about Haig Gardens, here’s a chance to remedy the situation. Houses in this enclave, close to Cork city centre, rarely come up for sale.

DEAN RYAN believes yesterday’s dramatic 36-34 European Challenge Cup final victory over London Irish can be the start of a successful era for Gloucester.

LONDON IRISH held their nerve to win a sensational game of 14 tries, guaranteeing a place in the end-of-season play-offs and destroying Wasps’ 16-month unbeaten home league record.

"IT'S a bloody nice house, whoever gets it will be very happy with it," says estate agent Peter Skuse, one of a selling breed with a bit of soul for the older stock.

THE completion of the new maternity wing at CUH is seeing an uplift in property prices in the surrounding area, says estate agent Peter Skuse, and demand for rental accommodation is always strong because of the proximity of the hospital.

CAUGHT in mid-thought looking at the river and boating view from 2, Glenbrook Villas in Cork harbour, estate agent Peter Skuse was greeted by a neighbour with the salutation “not for the faint-hearted.”

INNER city properties like this one at number 3, Greenmount Villas are very popular choices for first-time buyers and investors. For the first-time buyer, the 10-minute walk to work and the relatively low entry level is the attraction, plus, terraced houses like this in the city are seen as ideal doer-uppers.