Gardaí are working with Interpol in an effort to confirm the identity of a man who died in a collision with a motorbike in Co Galway at the weekend.

Contemporary coastal home is private and set on eight landscaped acres in West Cork, writes Tommy Barker

YOU love maps, so why not call your latest acquisition in seafaring Kinsale the Chart House?

SHARING its name with a romantic historical novel, and with a Celtic rock band from Grimsby in Britain, is Merlin’s Keep — a prime Kinsale property in need of a wizard’s wand — or a sweeping brush and a rake.

A CONTROVERSIAL motion seeking the provision of a designated Travellers’ halting site in Bantry was yesterday withdrawn at a meeting of the Western Committee of Cork County Council.

ONE of the most valuable parcels of development land in Kenmare has been sold for €19.4m, over €4m more than expected.

WHY €300,000 for a tiny cottage? Because for once the brochure-speak is right - this is a once-off opportunity to buy beautiful views of coastal West Cork and a land bank of eight acres where planning is utterly restricted.

WITH one development starting, and one going into the finishing phase, house buyers at both ends of the spectrum have product to select from in seaside Kinsale.