No 1 Rockcliffe is beguiling due to period details views, and more, says Tommy Barker. Pictures: Denis Minihane

Blackrock still has plenty of pulling power, as two €1.75m+ deals are secured writes Tommy Barker.

ESTATE agent Timothy Sullivan barely hedges his bets, when he says he reckons that No 15 Barnstead Drive is most likely the best individual house, in this rather exclusive, hideaway Blackrock suburban development of solid, solid homes.

A home in a desirable part of Cork exceeded price expectations last time it sold, and has been upgraded since then, writes Tommy Barker.

Blackrock supporters will be hoping last season’s beaten finalists can go a step further this year and land their first Cork senior hurling title since 2002.

A 17-year-old boy has died in a crash after the car he was travelling in had allegedly failed to stop for police.

Ex-Examiner staffman John Riordan suffered more than most Cork City fans for not being there. But more important that homesickness is the club at the heart of his football passion is alive and thriving again. 

The former home of composer John Gibson hits all the right notes, says Tommy Barker

Defensive walls, river channel widening and deepening, new bridges and culverts will form part of a €12m project planned for flood defences in two Cork suburbs.

A female employee has been injured during the robbery of a Dublin jewellery store this evening.

Coláiste Chríost Rí 0-8 St Francis College, Rochestown 0-6: While this southside derby veered more towards the tense than the exhilarating at Church Road in Blackrock yesterday, Coláiste Chríost Rí could yet look back on it as being very beneficial.

St Colman’s, Fermoy 3-12 CBC, Cork 1-12: Three goals in a wind-assisted first-half proved priceless for Fermoy’s St Colman’s College, who booked their place in the Dr Harty Cup semi-finals for the second successive year in seeing off Christian Brothers College at Church Road in Blackrock yesterday.

A 21-year-old Cork man put his own parents in fear at the family home and attacked a man at a nearby off-licence to grab his beer.

St Colman’s made the use of the elements as three first-half goals provided the platform for victory in this Dr Harty Cup quarter-final at Church Road in Blackrock on Wednesday.

CBC, Cork 3-18 St Francis College, Rochestown 3-12: It says much about the second-half turnaround by CBC in this Dr Harty Cup last-16 clash at Church Road yesterday that the six-point winning margin flattered their opponents more than themselves.

A larger-than-life personality and true green Irish sporting hero was the last occupant of 5 Menloe Park; now, quite the scrum of viewing interest can be expected on this five-bed Blackrock home’s arrival on the open market.

Rebel with a cause: Michael Moynihan looks at the life of John Horgan, Cork hurling captain, and Blackrock club legend

Cork’s progression to the All-Ireland U21 final, on Saturday, April 30, looks set to disrupt local football championship fixtures.

A travel agent who set up a charity which sent terminally ill children to Lapland has been given a suspended sentence for stealing over €18,000 from the organisation.

A travel agent is due to be sentenced today for stealing thousands of euro from a charity he set up to send terminally ill children to Lapland.

The authors of a new book on Beamish & Crawford describe how the brewery’s founding families played a huge role in Cork’s cultural life

A company director, his construction company and the biggest co-op in the west are all to stand trial after an internal wall at a DIY store collapsed, killing two men.

A spacious and modern Cork city suburban semi-d is ticking all of the ‘Trading Up’ and relocation boxes.

Plans submitted before Christmas have been approved by Cork County Council for a reduced-scale development at a former Kinsale convent.

Select new house developments are just underway in Cork city in locations like Church Road, Blackrock, and Feirm Bawn in Wilton, each for a handful of new homes - but there’s also sites for one-offs, if you know where to look.

By this point in the year the days are getting longer, the nights are getting brighter, and the temperatures are edging into the double figures (just about).

I read with interest figures provided by Cork City Council that parking fines decreased 22% during 2014. The council lists street-parking facilities and greater compliance levels as the reasons for this loss of revenue.

A teenager who knocked a woman off her bike, beat her up, and stole her groceries has avoided a jail sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

ALL the basics are present and correct at the detached dormer bungalow home 4 Avondale. Now, though, a decor update would lift it all to a fresher, more modern feel.

Hamilton High School, Bandon 2-16 Midleton CBS 0-21

An historic home on Cork’s northside is in line to become a medical clinic after a recent grant of planning permission.

TUCKED away off the Church Road in Cork’s Blackrock suburb is the 1990s house scheme Rockfield, with a mix of semis and detached homes in an area of the city that had seen precious few modern developments. 

The shop which sold a winning EuroMillions ticket worth €86.7m has finally been revealed.

Size:1184sqm (2,000 sqft)

An Independent Deputy is calling for more social housing to be built across the country as a solution to the growing shortage.

A teenager who knocked a woman off her bike, beat her up, and stole her groceries said he was so drunk and stoned he had “no idea” what he was doing.