WHAT could be billed as a quirky, high-octane investment at a small bite size lot has just come to market with the proposed sale of Adventure Park and Kartworld, just off the M8 at Cork’s Watergrasshill.

A long, useful back garden, rising up in tiers behind No 4, The Willows, in Cork’s Classes Lake, is a bonus for a family looking for an affordable home, in a popular, modern development, around Cork’s Ballincollig and Ovens suburbs.

Let the bells ring out — and not before time. Cork’s landmark Shandon clock, which has been at a standstill for months, is set to tick again within weeks.