A smart modern four-bed semi with a high B2 energy rating, Number 67 Westcourt Ballincollig doesn’t look anything like the dated 1970s three-bed semi it used to be.

This residence at Classes Lake in Ovens, Co Cork, has it sussed when it comes to optimum spatial organisation, says Caroline Delaney

My home by the Lee — now the song “Beautiful City” mightn’t have topped the charts for quite some time but it would surely be on your lips each time you hit the road home to “Neidín”.

This week I’m focusing on summer active days. I’m sharing my top days out plus my all-time favourite breakfast, overnight oats.

A stunning housing scheme with sophistication and quality family homes on Model Farm Road, has it all, reports Catherine Shanahan.

A proposal to develop one of the longest greenways in Ireland, along the River Lee to the Cork coast has received the backing of the Green Party.

All national roads and all but a handful of regional roads in Co Cork are now passable, but work was still being carried out last night on 70 rural roads still blocked by fallen trees and 74,000 homes in the county remain without electricity.

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Sensible preparation for a zombie apocalypse…

Racing through a forest full of zombies might sound like a scene from ’The Walking Dead’, but it is actually how I and many others in Cork spent our Saturday morning over the long bank holiday weekend.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Stuck in  the office staring out at the sunshine today?

A drowning in the river Lee has inspired a renewed drive to establish a volunteer emergency-response service in a Cork town.

A significant expansion at one of Cork’s largest public parks is on the cards after planning was secured for new walkways.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny hailed small businesses as the backbone of the Irish economy, during a tour of Cork yesterday.

Hundreds of trees will be planted in one of Cork’s largest parks as part of a €50,000 landscaping scheme.

A convicted killer and rapist, who strangled a Cork beautician, has been cleared of a gun attack in Limerick.

An extensive fish rescue operation following the partial collapse of an historic weir at Ballincollig Regional Park has resulted in up to 10,000 fish being saved.

NO road tax. No costly NCT, and you can repair a puncture yourself. Cycling is cheap, reliable transport, perfect for negotiating a city.

The arrival of the first — hopefully not the last — instalment of summer weather reminds us all, that despite cloud computing, CAT scans and Bill Gates that we are still sentient animals profoundly influenced by the world around us. Good weather makes for good moods, happy people and fun.

* Kanturk Flower and Garden Club will meet on Wednesday May 14 at 8.00pm with guest speaker Rachel Budd, Organic Horticulturalist. Everyone welcome, €5 with refreshments served.

The Easter bunny has never been busier.Pól Ó Conghaile picks some of the best egg hunts around the country

People have started digging in after the first publicly developed allotment scheme in Cork was officially opened at the weekend.

The man who raped and killed beautician Rachel Kiely in 2000 has moved to Limerick to live with the sister of a gang rapist.

A wildlife enthusiast has described a decision to cut a public park meadow — recently identified as one of just a handful of breeding grounds for an endangered bee and a rare butterfly — as an act of “environmental vandalism”.

INNISCARRA, CORK €250,000

Searches are due to resume in Cork this morning for a missing man amid fears he has drowned.

SEARCHES are due to resume along the River Lee this morning for a missing man amid fears he has drowned.

IT’s tucked in under a cleft on a side road and the elevation gives this little cottage at Inniscarra views over the weir at Ballincollig Regional Park in Cork.

ABSOLUTE rarity — you’ll hardly get the chance again to build such a country-set house so close to one of the country’s fastest-growing towns.

THE search for a missing 27-year-old dentist came to a sad end yesterday.

THE sentence imposed yesterday on Rachel Kiely’s killer for an armed robbery won’t ease her family’s pain.

CONVICTED killer Ian Horgan will have the leniency of his 18-month sentence for the manslaughter and rape of Cork woman Rachel Kiely challenged on April 19.

FIVE-and-a-half years after Rachel Kiely was killed by a neighbour while out walking the dogs, it is quite remarkable how the family has managed to rein in any feelings of anger and bitterness felt towards her killer.

ALMOST exactly a year since it was last sold, a farmhouse in Inniscarra, Co Cork, is back on the market, but with less land than before.

BUNGALOWS don’t normally have much in common with burial tombs!

A prosecution lawyer has accused the parents of an 18-year-old Corkman accused of rape and murder of lying in the witness box to protect their son.