The Garryduff area has some large, extremely popular developments for families trading up and on the move, and niche Monfield, with just two dozen or so homes appears exceptionally family-friendly.

A golf club in north Cork has been thinking outside the box to try and help the red squirrel thrive — and has a video to show how popular the initiative has been with the under-threat animals.

CONCERNS for a colony of the protected and rare lesser horseshoe bat has resulted in a local authority putting plans for a proposed paintball facility on hold.