The ordination of six men as permanent deacons in the parish of Cloyne, in Co Cork, is a great example of the potential for lay people to get involved in ministry.

Carol O’Callaghan gets an update from design and lifestyle boutique owners on what’s new for autumn and winter and their personal favourites. 

An Algerian man who got into Ireland using false identification papers was yesterday given a two-month suspended jail term for stealing mobile phones at a pub in Douglas, Cork.

This two bedroomed mid-terraced Douglas home has lots of lovely features including a well planted back garden, says Trish Dromey.

A trainee manager at Starbucks pleaded guilty to embezzling €15,000 in the course of his work at the outlet at Douglas, Cork, in 2015.

Despite, having just had a notional ‘change of address,’ the owners of Clondoyle, or 5 Browningstown are still on the move from their extended suburban Cork family home.

For every little hatted smoothie bottle bought, Innocent donates to Age Action’s care and repair programme, writes Margaret Jennings.

Little and large co-exist at the top of the Rosebank estate, just off Cork’s Douglas Road. 

Wondering what to get a new arrival or expectant parents this Christmas, here are some ideas for gifts to put under the tree.

There’s a bit of a lull right now in Cork’s residential house market, it appears, be it as a result of Central Bank lending, post-Budget/pre-Christmas hiatus, Brexit or even Irish political uncertainty.

Mid-1990s semis in and around Douglas/Ballinlough in Cork are now selling for well into the mid-high €300,000s, even those needing work.

Irish wildlife artist Gemma Best is busily preparing her exhibition of pastel drawings in Cronin’s Pub, Crosshaven.

As a step onto the property ladder, this two-bed apartment at 38 Manor Avenue, Maryborough Ridge, in Douglas could be comfortable and stylish.

Trish Dromey looks at a highly desirable home with a top-class finish.  

This home was designed for the current owner by South Mall architect Bill Mullins and was built in 2004 by Crowley Homes of Midleton.

An inquest jury has been told to disregard a high alcohol level detected in a blood sample from a 17-year-old killed in a crash, which also killed a woman and her unborn daughter, as it was an “impossible” level.

House sales in a solid, though older, suburban estate like Browningstown in Douglas show the pace of house price inflation/recovery over the past five years.

A man has been further detained in custody in the Netherlands after a woman — a mother of eight and grandmother of 11 — was found beaten to death in her home.

This four-bed home called Cara is one of a small handful of ‘new’ kids on the block at Trabeg Lawn, off Cork’s South Douglas Road, less than 1km from the suburban village’s plethora of amenities.

There’s a fully-functioning, home-away-from home office coming gratis with the smart three-bed semi-d at 110 Fort Hill, the Murnane & O’Shea development up at Moneygourney, outside Douglas, Cork.

Rosary, 16 Ardfallen Estate in Douglas is exactly they type of house that many trade up buyers in Cork are out hunting for.

FOR some change comes with a significant birthday or the new year but Judi Curtin waited for the millennium before she decided to start writing novels for children.

THERE’S something special — in fact, lots special — about the great family home called Ard na Gréine, which bookends the Rosebank estate, located between the main and south Douglas roads in Cork’s suburbs.

APPROPRIATELY, there’s a view still to be had down from the wooded grounds of 2, Carrs Hill, to the exquisite spire and grounds of St Luke’s Church in Cork’s Douglas — the in-spired view is relevant, because this house was for most of its life the rectory that housed the various clergy and their families.

This suburban 1950s home has almost doubled its original size in a magical makeover says Tommy Barker.

Extended five-bed has small rear garden, says Tommy Barker.

‘This’ll do us fine.’ You can imagine many viewers with that quip at this three-bed semi-d called Thistle Dún, especially after they survey the sheer size of the back garden.