If I could sell in the morning, I would’

WHEN Denise Bullman set store by a house in Ballyhooly, Co Cork, she believed she was buying not just a home, but a safe haven for her children.

In view of her front door was an area earmarked by the developer as a future playground.

“I thought I’d be able to stand at the front door with my cup of tea and watch the kids playing. For me, that was a big selling point, to know I could keep an eye on the children and know they were safe,” the mother-of-three said.