EMERGENCY services staff were lucky to escape serious injury in a series of incidents as freezing weather meant many roads around the country were treacherous for motorists.

BUILT as a pair of matching semi-ds back in 1904 by the Cork Scott family of stevedores, this handsome red-brick Douglas duo catalogue a slice of suburban history in their century-plus of fine standing.

NO matter how good or bad the house, the fate of any re-sale on the Cross Douglas Road seems to be that new owners go for broke.

Tommy Barker says Cork houses have broken the million mark by the dozen in 2005.