A Waterfall home in walk-in condition has plenty of appeal, writes Tommy Barker.

Newly listed with agents Global Properties is Haven Lodge, one of the largest family homes around in the greater Ballinhassig area, a 15-minute spin west of Cork city and airport.

A family toasted the memory of their beloved son and brother at the weekend as they ticked off the last item on his bucket list, and ran a pub for a night.

With their fourth win of the campaign Donegal’s Declan Boyle/Brian Boyle (Subaru WRC) remain in contention to win back-to-back Dunlop titles.

Size: 367 sq m (3,950 sq ft)

Motorsport: A strong performance over the first run of the stage paved the way for Lisburn’s Wesley Patterson (Ford Escort) and his co-driver Johnny Baird to claim victory in the Cloyne-based AceSigns-sponsored Imokilly Single Stage Rally.

Ballinhassig, Cork €375,000/€399,000

Five young men were involved in a spree of violence lasting over an hour in Bishopstown, Co Cork, where a young man was robbed, a house damaged, windows in a car smashed and a €45,000 digger set on fire in a sports field.

Sq m: 260 (2,800 sq ft)

Tommy Barker finds a well-finished end-townhouse in an ideal village setting

A 13-month-old baby boy died after ingesting a 5cm metal screw that lodged deep in his windpipe.

BROWN’S MILLS WALK, KINSALE, CO CORK

They say marriage is a marathon, not a sprint.

TWO men were killed in separate car crashes in Cork yesterday.

JAMES O’DONOVAN bowled impressively at Carrigaline on Sunday where he beat Aidan Murphy by a bowl of odds.

MARTIN COPPINGER beat Aidan Murphy by almost a bowl in the Con Kelleher — Dan Hurley Cup at Drimoleague.

THE World Cup’s Western European League begins this weekend in Oslo, and Denis Lynch is taking a different approach to last year.

WITH victory in the opening two rounds of the Valvoline Irish Forest Rally Championship, Cork driver Owen Murphy aims to continue the trend in Sunday’s third round, the Lismore-based Munster Moonraker Forest Rally.

SOME 30 acres of alluvial land at Rigsdale, Ballinhassig, is a new property market entrant with agricultural auctioneer Christy Buckley.

COMMUTER traffic was choked yesterday as stretched local authorities struggled to cope with the big freeze.

FIVE people, including a young child, were injured yesterday after two cars collided on the M18 motorway about six kilometres from Ennis, closing part of the route for two hours.

SEVEN men lost their lives in weekend road crashes at home and abroad – with two Listowel men dying in separate crashes in Co Limerick and Melbourne, Australia.

Gardaí have closed off a section of the Cork / Bandon road between Halfway and Innishannon following a serious collision between two cars and an articulated truck.

A CORK priest with extensive property interests has made a €433,475 settlement with the Revenue Commissioners following under-declaration of income tax and capital gains tax.

THE majority of residents who live near the location of a proposed new town, west of Cork city, firmly oppose the plan — and must lobby their politicians, a newly formed action group strongly advised.

HERE’S an option for buyers who don’t want the standard three-bed in the city, but can’t quite afford the big, detached house.

Sebastien Loeb begins tomorrow’s final day of the Wales Rally GB on the verge of his fourth successive World Rally Championship title.

This cottage at Lower Goggin’s Hill has a guide price of €290,000.