A WISE man of our acquaintance, who’s as healthy as a proverbial trout, made a sweeping statement the other day.

HAS the turn happened? Are land prices on the way up in some areas? That’s the question being asked by some people this week, following another successful land sale in the Kinsale area.

THE forthcoming auction of 17 acres at Ballynamona, Kinsale, is expected to achieved the same values as a recent tillage land auction at Castlepark, Kinsale.

CORK North Central will benefit from the transfer of populations from two other constituencies to make up the glaring deficit of population that became obvious in the 2006 Census.