Food can travel from farm to fork, or - in the case of this family home west of Cork City - from Ovens to Stanley range cooker.

Tommy Barker says the mature looks of this ivy-clad property belies its Eighties architect-designed origins.

Tommy Barker says this exceptional family home has been seasonally set up to show it off at its very best.

A long, useful back garden, rising up in tiers behind No 4, The Willows, in Cork’s Classes Lake, is a bonus for a family looking for an affordable home, in a popular, modern development, around Cork’s Ballincollig and Ovens suburbs.

“If I had a dozen of them, they’d all sell, there’s huge demand for houses like this around Ovens - and no supply,” says Norma Healy of Sherry FitzGerald.

Sq m: 168 (1,810 sq ft)

Cloud computing giant EMC has appointed Jason Ward as director for EMC Ireland, Scotland and UK North.

Glengarriff, Cork €160,000

A MAN who suffered extensive head injuries when the motorbike he was a passenger on hit a roadside bank of earth has secured €4.98 million compensation.

MUNSTER may be concentrating on their upcoming Heineken Cup semi-final against Saracens, but they’ll be returning to the US this summer ahead of the 2008-9 season.

EMC Corporation, the information infrastructure solutions firm, have announced that it has won the contract to offer technology solutions and consulting in support of Microsoft's Office Communications Server 2007.

The information management company EMC, today announced that eircom, has selected EMC Smarts as its fault analysis and impact assessment solution.

EMC shares rose yesterday as the company posted a smaller than expected Q4 loss.