Former Ireland rugby player Frankie Sheahan, and his brother Joseph, have brought a High Court action aimed at stopping a bank-appointed receiver from interfering with a number of properties they own.

THERE’s very little overhang of built houses in the Cork city market for when market sentiment and buying picks up — it is virtually all apartments. That’s according to new homes estate agent Trish Stokes, who reckons the tally of built houses in the city environs is in the realm of low hundreds — just a few months normal market supply.