It was a special Christmas delivery which proved it’s better to give than to receive during the festive season.

Gardiner’s Hill home is all done up on the inside writes Tommy Barker.

Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years...

7 The Crescent is in good shape, says Tommy Barker.

THE pleasures of 1 Glencrea far outweigh any perceived small drawbacks — on charm grounds alone, this Gardiner’s Hill house is off to a good start.

There’ s a touch of deja vu upon visiting No 2 Adelaide Place, just above Cork city’s St Luke’s Cross.

You can be sitting pretty in this elevated St Luke’s Cross area period home, says Tommy Barker.           

With everything from karate for kids to computers for the silver surfer, this year’s Cork Lifelong Learning Festival is fun, fascinating and — best of all — free.

Size: Sq m 79 (850 sq ft)

Sq m: 83 (900 sq ft)

THERE must be green shoots in the property market — the owner of this city home is on the move again, after a flurry of house renovations in the 2000s which stopped with this home, just before the market ground to a halt.

Size: 83 sq m (900 sq ft)

Size: Sq m 210 (2,250 sq ft)

BOREENMANNA RD €260,000

Aloft and aloof, this polished gem sparkles atop the city with charming features and a cracking location, finds Tommy Barker

Taking into consideration the money that will need to be spent here, this five-bed Lissadell, on Gardiner’s Hill is on the upper level for a starter home, but then, it does offer period charm, lots of space and a location that’s second to none.

Period house needs upgrade, says Tommy Barker

THE chance to move to an exceptional, wooded and walled-in private site on which to build a dream home has cropped up on Cork city’s Gardiner’s Hill.

THERE were four seats for the taking in Cork North Central but the big winner was certainly Jonathan O’Brien, the Sinn Féin city councillor who after three hard-fought but unsuccessful general election campaigns finally got a Dáil seat for the party in Cork city.

THE unexpected retirement of two of Cork North Central’s political heavyweights has added a frisson of sorts to the campaigns of those seeking a seat in the 31st Dáil.

THERE’S something about Montenotte — the quality of the buildings, or that feeling of the last vestige of Empire.

IN spite of overnight lows of -12C and daytime temperatures of just -5C expected in some parts today, the country now looks likely not to have a white Christmas Day.

ANIMAL sanctuaries are being rushed off their feet to rescue abandoned pets, discarded by recession-hit families.

THE mother of a troubled teenager who was found dead in a derelict house a week after he went missing from care has pleaded with the Minister for Children to review the way vulnerable children are cared for by the state.

A TRIAL maths syllabus has been given the thumbs up by Leaving Certificate students.

THERE are three-bed semis, and three-bed semis – and within that broad spectrum, No 1 Adelaide Place, Cork is in a niche of its own.

WHAT price an extra two bedrooms? About €55,000, going on two different house offerings above Cork city’s St Luke’s Cross at Gardiner’s Hill.

THE sun was shining on the students of North Monastery secondary school in Cork’s northside as most emerged pleased from their first taste of state examinations before lunchtime yesterday.

GARDAÍ sealed off a picturesque wood on the Cork/Tipperary border after discovering a body in a burnt-out car.

WITH deals done in recent weeks in the near vicinity, estate agent Michael O’Donovan of Sherry FitzGerald knows that there’s demand for the St Luke’s Cross/Gardiner’s Hill Montenotte area of Cork city.

THE last time this property sold it was on the market at €415,000, so it isn’t too much of a jump to see it back on the 2007 market at €570,000.

A SCHOOL teaching exclusively in Polish, the first of its kind in the south-east, will begin classes tomorrow.

Tommy Barker says this Gardiner’s Hill property has a quality touch.

AN autumn market arrival, well-viewed, but yet to get to what’s reckoned to be its value at its €560,000 asking price, is 1, Knocklaun, in Cork’s St Luke’s Cross.

Tommy Barker extols the virtues of a period home whose quality is way ahead of many modern houses.

THERE were mixed feelings among the students of St Patrick’s College on Gardiner’s Hill in Cork about the first Junior Certificate maths paper yesterday morning.

THEY’RE as young as seven years of age but are already tackling courses in forensic psychology and archaeology.

It has been pointed out that the phrase “single white females” in our report last week on 10 Ashburton Row on Gardiner’s Hill in Cork city could be misconstrued.

By Rose Martin

LIOS na gCrann is an apt description for a house that’s shrouded in trees.

A TIP-top location on one of Cork’s many hills comes with this period property on Gardiner’s Hill. No.3 Willmount, Gardener’s Hill, Cork