Trish Dromey admires two good choices within walking distance of each other in Cloghroe and Tower, Co Cork.

A Co Cork man has beem jailed for two years after “a cowardly blow” which knocked a woman unconscious.

Two Blarney men, accused of throwing a lighting petrol bomb into an apartment and other charges, were put on trial yesterday.

An investor in a telecommunications company developing a SIM card to cut roaming costs, lost over €1.5m as it was claimed that the company was buying cards in Florida and simply changing the sticker.

There’s a lovely warm feed to the interior and decor at 40, Primrose Hill, a scheme of well-kept homes built in the 1980s between Blarney and Tower, a few miles commute from Cork city.

A man jailed for chasing his neighbour through fields with an axe complained to gardaí on his release that the victim had pointed a gun at him.

A MAN accused of impersonating a garda and stealing €28,000 from a pensioner in Cork city is out on bail on condition that he refrains from calling to the homes of the elderly in the city looking for work.

THREE former prisoners travelling in a cab in the Blarney area all moaned “oh my back, my neck” when the vehicle was struck from behind by another car, a compensation case heard yesterday.

THESE modern cottages created a bit of a stir when they were first launched in the late eighties/early nineties in Tower, Co Cork, because they were touted as the first integrated development at that time. They were to have play grounds and even a swimming pool.

The property at Dromin, Tower, Co Cork has a garage, a part-built barn, a sand arena and is on the market for €750,000.

A NEAT little bungalow at Gleann na Rí, Tower, Co Cork, packs a lot of space into a modest-looking package.

FOR those of you who’ve trudged around new builds looking for that elusive something extra, then a new build at Tower, Co Cork, might restore some confidence.

FOLLOWING Charlie McCreevy’s recent nomination to a post as European Commissioner, there were many newspaper reviews of his performance as Minister for Finance since 1997, and most gave him some credit for his long performance over some difficult years.