A former fisherman asked a group of people socialising in Schull, Co Cork, "is this the faggot convention?" and when one of the party replied "It must be since you’re here," the fisherman slashed him across the face with a glass scarring him.

AFTER six long years, Catherine O’Leary is edging closer to home.

A mother left in a “locked-in” state after brain surgery at Cork University Hospital has settled her High Court action for damages for €2.5m.

Sq m: 240 (2,600 sq ft)

Six housing estates have been included in the list of properties exempted from the property tax despite never featuring in any official government list of unfinished developments.

A doctor has told an inquest into the death of a young boy that there was a delay in starting dialysis at a hospital as the boy’s father had not brought the dialysis machine with him.

CARRIGALINE, Co CORK €295,000

The state of the market is good news for first-timers. Rose Martin reports.

WITH self-build a talking point at the moment, going for the site option is good value in conditions of low construction demand and exceptionally low interest rates.

EDUCATION MINISTER Batt O’Keeffe’s decision to cut special needs classes is an absolute disgrace.

BACK in December 2007, No 10 Wheatfields in Carrigaline, Co Cork, came under offer at €735,000 ... but went no further than early offers.

THE number of social houses being built in Cork County Council’s Southern Division can’t keep pace with demand.

BIGGER than the average semi, this property at 11, Upper Clevedon in Kilmoney, Carrigaline, Co Cork, also comes with more square footage.

PERMISSION has been granted for an estimated €100 million housing project in one of Cork’s largest satellite towns.

A €2 MILLION relief road in the town with Ireland’s highest rate of car dependency remained closed yesterday, four months after it was built.

COUNCIL officials in Cork are concerned that the public isn’t aware of the exceptional value that their affordable housing schemes represent.

CORK satellite towns are coming of age, and a site sale in booming Carrigaline will pave the way forward for a major mixed development to secure the town’s viability for decades to come.

NEW semi’s for €95,000 and building sites for €8,000? It’s all possible through affordable housing with Cork County Council who offer a range of options for first-time buyers throughout the county.