Beaches and marinas across the country are bathing in the warm waters of European approval — 86 of them have been awarded the prestigious Blue Flag status.

Carrigaline, Cork €475,000

A coastal Cork mill building which literally has come back from the dead has a poignant anniversary next year— it’s by an on-shore spot close to the 1915 sinking of a British tanker.

What a stunning location — and what a stunning piece of farmland.

YOU can walk, or jog, to Rocky Bay for a swim from this great up-market, south Cork family home at Reagrove, near Minane Bridge, with easy striking distance of Kinsale.

BIG, prosperous farms abound in the south Cork hinterland near Minane Bridge, and proximity to the sea adds to its desirability as a rural living location.

OVERLOOKING Rocky Bay and with buckets of space for a family, this newly-built dormer is currently on the market with Tom Woodward of Woodwards.

MARVELLOUS Minane - in a week when a Glandore farm hits the markets at the million and more mark - a similar property is also launched at Reagrove, Rocky Bay in south Cork.