SLOW-growing, but majestic oaks take time to mature and make their impact. And, along Cork’s Boreenmanna Road, a development called The Oaks has so far gone under most locals’ radars, despite now being rooted to the spot for the past 13 years.

WITH a bullet-proof setting like Cork’s Boreenmanna Road, and a location just a kilometre from City Hall, sales of new houses could be started at any time — irrespective of the state of the property market.

A DEVELOPMENT company was accused of blatant intimidation last night for allegedly allowing Travellers move on to a site at the centre of a bitter planning dispute.

YOU’LL need to put on a bit of a push to bring Hillside, on Cork’s Boreenmanna Road, fully up to speed, but it’ll be worth it.