Callely’s controversial pad up for sale

THAT long oul’ drive to Dublin must be getting to him as Senator Ivor Callely’s “current principal residence” is on the market.

A cursory glance at Clonakilty-based auctioneer Henry O’Leary’s website shows his sumptuous Bantry home on the market for €650,000.

Maybe he found the bucolic lifestyle isn’t all it’s painted to be? And, maybe rising at dawn to “milk the cows” every morning (when he wasn’t in the Seanad) just took its toll? Maybe despite the cosmopolitan nature of West Cork living, he is craving the urban grit and buzz of Dublin life?