A drone crashing into an abbey, damage caused by metal detectors, and stones being removed from heritage sites are just some of the issues uncovered last year by the Office of Public Works.

Tommy Barker visits an Ardbrack home with all-season, Kinsale town, harbour and Bandon River views.

Tommy Barker gets with the system for this post-and-beam home on Compass Hill, above Kinsale harbour.

THE waitress in Kinsale’s cosy cafe, Poet’s Corner, confides: “if you were to listen to all the chat and gossip in here, you would have enough material for ten novels.”

The State will hand the keys of a historic 17th century fort over to a city today which plans to transform it into one of the country’s top tourist attractions.

Despite a guide of €2.25m, this trophy property in Kinsale is well-placed to draw international interest, Tommy Barker reports

Approx. 5km. west of Kinsale town on the R600 cross Duggan’s Bridge and turn left immediately afterwards. Park outside the Dock Pub.

A home with myriad glorious views, this Kinsale home is crying out for some love, writes Tommy Barker

ALMOST 100 people joined searches yesterday for a young Polish woman who has been missing for five days.

SAINT Valentine’s Day 2010 remains memorable as one of the most all-round perfect February days for years.

THE views are the thing with a Kinsale bungalow/site for sale, with a €1.4 million price guide.

AGING well for its 30-plus years of age is the Castlepark development, straddling a strip of land between the inner and outer harbours in Kinsale in Co Cork.