Clonmel-based auctioneers REA Stokes and Quirke are selling a 128-acre farm in one block near the village of Ballyclerihan, that will most certainly attract a lot of attention, and not just from the farming sector.

Coast Guard volunteer Caitríona Lucas, who died last year following a rescue mission off the coast of Kilkee, Co Clare, was awarded a posthumous gold medal for her outstanding act of bravery.

It appears that a deal has been done in regard to land at St Joseph’s Road, Mallow — where 180 acres has been bought back by two farmers who sold the land to farmer-turned-developer, John Barry, in the first place.

The largest land deal in Co Cork in 2004 was the acquisition of 180 acres, close to Mallow town, by developer John Barry, of Castlelands Construction, when he paid a record €40m for level tillage ground off St Joseph’s Road.