JANUARY’s not even over yet, but already a second Lisheen Fields home west of Ballincollig in Cork’s Ovens has come to market as a re-sale for a relocating family who are trading up, and moving closer to Cork city.

THE owners of 30 Berryfield “have done the Dermot Bannon-sort of extension behind, great space with lots of glass and light”, says Sherry FitzGerald auctioneer Norma Healy. 

It’s a perfect trading-up home, say the selling agents of 35 The Meadows, in Classes Lake, west of Ballincollig at Ovens in Cork.

THE EMC effect is going to determine the type of buyer for this bright, fresh and well laid out apartment at the outer edge of Ballincollig, Cork at 24, The Abbey.

Space and good value combine at 24 Fernway, in Classes Lake, at Ovens/Ballincollig west of Cork, where €180,000 will buy a four-bed duplex apartment with a 24’ long outside veranda.

A large building materials firm has moved to ease fears about plans to develop a construction and demolition waste recovery facility near one the country’s largest housing estates.

A music student who suffered a devastating brain injury after her car was rear-ended on the way to a school Christmas carol service has settled her High Court action for €6.8m.

Sq m: 232 (2,500 sq ft)

Sq m: 93 (998 sq ft)

Ovens Cork €185,000

GREEN STREET, CORK CITY €95,000

Classes Lake home is detached with five bedrooms, Rose Martin reports

Owen O’Callaghan is one of the few property developers who is still trading successfully five years after the property market first fell off a cliff.

ALMOST new and with a fine, big back garden, this three-bed semi in Ballincollig is a sure-fire bet for first-time buyers.

TWO great bargains can be had in Ballincollig this week, and at the risk of hitting the ‘reasons to be cheerful’ button — now is the time to buy.

TRADERS have united against controversial new traffic plans for their town.

COUNCIL officials in Cork are concerned that the public isn’t aware of the exceptional value that their affordable housing schemes represent.