The Boathouse has a storied past and a very bright future, writes Tommy Barker.

Plum-set Kinsale Mall house overlooks harbour, marina and town with equal aplomb, says Tommy Barker

Tommy Barker is blown away by this spectacularly set, architect-designed, no-expense spared home.

Des O’Sullivan says sale includes superb collection of Irish 18th century furniture and international art.    

Catherine Banner started her first novel when she was 14.

Houses at Kinsale’s Ardbrack may go for ‘Scilly -money’, but buyers take their own view, says Tommy Barker.

There’s been a lot of reaction to the killing of Cecil the lion and the lads from the illustrious police force on the Isles of Scilly have given the best take on it.

THERE aren’t too many places in Cork where a one-bed apartment is priced at €300,000 - but, a spot like Ardbrack Heights in Kinsale is one of a very few such exclusive settings.

THE waitress in Kinsale’s cosy cafe, Poet’s Corner, confides: “if you were to listen to all the chat and gossip in here, you would have enough material for ten novels.”

Set in almost a courtyard setting, the period era Revatto Lodge and Studio in Kinsale harbour’s Summercove is a manageable buy - for the location.

Very few Irish destinations have had the dramatic history of Kinsale. Dan McCarthy looks at the history of the town, from the maritime to

The planned redevelopment of Kent railway station, in Cork City, is the subject of a new application by Irish Rail.

Cork City Council has given the go-ahead for a major c 200,000 sq ft office development plan at Albert Quay, Cork.

A world champion kitesurfer who became the first person to kitesurf non-stop from France to Ireland at the weekend has now set his sights on an epic transatlantic crossing.

The analysis of property prices by the Irish Examiner is based on the Residential Property Price Register compiled by the Property Services Regulatory Authority.

A CLOSURE order was served on part of Cashman’s Bar in Cork city last month.

Tommy Barker suggests you lodge an interest in former purpose-built 10-bed Kinsale B&B.

Property editor Tommy Barker rounds up some of Munster’s, and the country’s biggest house movers in 2010.

IT’S the row with the dolphin door knockers – familiar to the fresh air brigade who love the Scilly walk, Kinsale. And while the address, Scilly Terrace, might not ring a bell, the distinctive ironmongery does – it’s part of its charm.

THEY have stood on their high vantage point since the late 1940s and the quality of the build, the generosity of the sites have made these former County Council houses at Scilly, Kinsale, highly desirable.

THE arts festival might now have wrapped up in Kinsale, but there’s still some viewing pleasures to savour – such as the harbour views from Rossnakilly.

YOU won’t get too many houses right down at the waterfront in Kinsale Harbour, it is sort of the elite setting of an elite town, and that’s why this Lower Cove home is guided at €1.75 million.

CHARTERED surveyors and commercial property specialists have a way of describing premium shop frontage — it’s called zone A.

I AM trying to contact a friend from many years ago. Her name was Beta Farley.

A 16-YEAR-OLD boy lost his life after he fell from a wall into the sea at Kinsale, Co Cork.