One of the closest, purpose-built student accommodation blocks to Cork Institute of Technology in the western suburbs has been put up for sale, guiding at €1.2 million.

Yet another career beckons for Pat Burton - this time, he’s taken on the challenge of a 10,000 sq ft bar and bistro, bought from a receiver, in Cork city’s western suburbs.

EVEN with the towering Section 50 student blocks of Eden Hall just up the road, The Orchards in Inchigaggin Lane, Co Cork is a quiet little backwater on the rim of the city.