A Chinese national shouted insults in Mandarin at gardaí in Cork but one of the gardaí was also Chinese and was able to provide a translation in Cork District Court of the verbal abuse.

Tommy Barker says this family home on the edge of the city’s suburbs has a back garden with a country field boundary for a rural connection.

There’s more than what first greets the eye for buyers, or viewers, at 154 Eagle Valley, in Cork’s suburban Wilton.

A Polish motorist with an open can of cider in the cup holder of his car and an open bottle of vodka on the passenger seat insisted: "Me no drinking" when approached by a garda.

A Cork construction dynasty has been rocked by two court petitions, writes Property Editor Tommy Barker

Sq m: 102 (1,100 sq ft)

One of the most established addiction treatment centres in the country has warned its future is in doubt because of changes to welfare payments.

End terrace or semi-d, two suburban homes have plenty to offer, writes Tommy Barker

Informal viewings have started in these new Eagle Valley homes in Wilton. Tommy Barker reports

This reduced price family home is in super-smart order. Tommy Barker has the details.

A HIGH Court judge told a doctor whose compensation case settled out of court yesterday that he was a lucky man that he was not being reported to the Irish Medical Council for inflating his claim.

EAGLE Valley is always a good buy because of its location close to Cork University Hospital and the South Ring Road.

A TOWNHOUSE in Cork’s Eagle Valley is for sale, with the vendor departing after a few years of habitation.

WHAT the British couldn’t achieve in 800 years of occupation here has now been secured in less than a decade.

‘HOME for Christmas’ is one of the attractions at Garrane Darra - a little known setting in Cork’s Bishopstown/Wilton area that is about to become big news.

CORK’S new homes market is about to surge - but prices are still expected to grow by up to 10% during 2003.