SLOW-growing, but majestic oaks take time to mature and make their impact. And, along Cork’s Boreenmanna Road, a development called The Oaks has so far gone under most locals’ radars, despite now being rooted to the spot for the past 13 years.

THERE were only a handful of detached houses among the 65 new properties built at Belfield Abbey on Cork city’s Boreenmanna Road, and now one of the largest, and on the biggest site of all, is for sale with a €580,000 price quoted by Sherry FitzGerald.