Tommy Barker admires a reasonably-priced home in the scheme just across the Douglas River from Rochestown.

When first built, apartment blocks at Jacobs Island by the water in Cork’s Mahon might have seemed unusual, especially given the location’s isolation, almost island-like indeed, across the ring road from Mahon Shopping Centre and retail park.

A RAFT of new bylaws, including a ban on children over 12 from using playground equipment, are to be introduced to crack down on anti-social behaviour in Cork’s city parks.