Motorsport Ireland chief executive Alex Sinclair is confident that a ruling from the European Court of Justice - which has the potential to have detrimental effects for motorsport across the EU - will be amended.

Having set the fastest time on the qualifying stage for the SATA Rallye Acores, round four of the European Rally Championship, Craig Breen and co-driver Scott Martin on board their Peugeot Rally Academy 208 T16 brought that form through last evening’s opening three stages to lead the event.

Some of the bigger, and better, homes in the Cork suburb of Bishopstown are in the various parts of the expansive development called Bishopscourt.

This house called Hillcrest, near Dunnes’ Bishopscourt in Cork’s was only built in the 1980s, so shouldn’t need any huge sums spent on it - it just needs discretionary modernising in its decor and some contemporary updates.

In response to Mary Murphy, of the European Studies specialist group, the threat of UKip is a democratic reaction to a federal Europe.

Irish and Welsh contests are nothing new in the Quality Hotel West Cork Rally and Denis Cronin and Daragh O’Riordan will have Welsh ace Melvyn Evans as their most formidable opponent when the 13-stage event starts in Clonakilty tomorrow.

A landlord who has failed to pay a landmark €30,000 fine for allowing his tenants subject neighbours to a litany of antisocial behaviour is facing legal action.

A “predatory” crime by two young women saw them calling to the home of an 83-year-old man and stealing cash while on the pretext of looking for water for a child’s bottle.

The state body charged with resolving disputes involving private tenancies has said the rate of complaints linked to antisocial behaviour has fallen.

A residents-led “landlord watchdog” has called on the housing minister to tighten proposed legislation designed to tackle antisocial behaviour in private rented housing.

The campaign to save a residential green in the western suburbs of Cork from development is going to the Supreme Court.

SAFETY issues surrounding the death of a motorcyclist in a high speed road race crash raise questions as to whether the sport should be banned, Northern Ireland’s senior coroner said yesterday.

Admirable buy at Nelson House

IT’S rare to find a site as large as that at number two, Bishopscourt Avenue. This detached corner house has a large back garden, but it also includes a sweep of extra ground on its right-hand side, maybe enough to build another house.

A DEVELOPER’S controversial plan to build apartments on a suburban green have been shot down for the second time this year.

A FIFTH of an acre site is not to be sniffed at — least of all when it’s in the heart of Bishopstown.

A CHERISHED city green has been saved from development.

THE man selling a housing estate’s green at the centre of a major community campaign said yesterday that its fate lies in the hands of any new owners.

RESIDENTS are ready to take legal action to save their estate’s green from developers.

RESIDENTS who fear their cherished park could be snapped up by developers were offered some hope last night.

RESIDENTS of a wealthy Cork suburb pleaded with city officials last night to save a cherished green space that has been put up for sale.

A LARGE, south-facing back garden and a location close to schools and shops in Bishopstown, make this four-bedroom property at 9, Bishopscourt Lawn, a dead cert for trader-uppers.

NICE bungalow - shame it’s an endangered species. Wilton Park Lodge has a luxurious, one third of an acre site off the main Wilton Road, in Cork city, and its sale will definitely draw in the developers.

THE Taoiseach tried to brush off any embarrassment last night over public remarks he made about his past life in the black economy and not paying tax.

KENNY McKINSTRY starts this weekend’s Clonakilty based Quality Hotels West Cork Rally as favourite with the Banbridge car preparation expert bidding to complete an unique hat-trick.