THERE’S a reassuring ‘heft’ to the look of houses in Cork’s suburban Temple Vale — they are as robust and solid inside as they appear from outside, across their square-faced, assymetric front facades.

BELIEVE it or not, there is talk about a shortage of starter homes around Cork city — the inference being that outer suburban locations are now eschewed in favour of walkable, city side addresses.

A jury in the trial of a man and a woman accused of a serious assault in which the victim lost his one remaining eye has been directed to find one of the acccused not guilty.

The trial of a man and a woman accused in connection with a serious assault which resulted in the victim losing his one remaining eye has continued in legal argument in the absence of the jury.