Norton to set up camp in €1.6m west Cork mansion

COMIC TV presenter Graham Norton is giving himself a €1.6 million Christmas present — a period seaside pile in his native West Cork.

The Channel Four funny man can make a joke out of anything, but has proven to be deadly serious when it comes to property.

Norton is in the process of acquiring Ahakista House, on the shores of Dunmanus Bay close to the site of the 1985 Air India disaster memorial.