Second serving for Woodview

Tommy Barker

The owner of Phelan's Woodview 60-seat restaurant close to the Blarney Business Park is heading to semi-retirement, hoping to cash in a few chips as his property on 1.3 acres gets put back up for sale.

It is a mile from Blarney village, three miles from Cork city and less from Blackpool, and land nearby at Killeens and Monard is coming under residential development pressure: the local authorities' own plans envisage literally thousands of new homes, to be served by a rail commuter link.