The sale of house-building land by Cork’s Ballincollig for over €20 million to a major Cork developer may miss its ‘Sale of the Year’ title, as final contract negotiations continue into, and possibly past, December.

It’s open viewing time this month out in Ballincollig, Cork, with agent Norma Healy, who had lots through the doors of No 12 Chestnut Crescent in the Ovens Classes Lake development on Saturday.

There’s a light, bright and airy touch to 11, Glincool Park, off Maglin Road just west of Cork City near Ballincollig — it’s almost a Scandinavian feel, in fact.

This cosy Ballincollig bungalow has all the makings of a great home, writes Rose Martin

THERE’S a flavour of continental Europe about 22, Glincool Gardens in Cork’s Ballincollig suburbs.